A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions
Sir John Barrow (1764–1848), a founder and early president of the Royal Geographical Society, served as Second Secretary to the Admiralty for forty years. He was responsible for promoting polar exploration, and published two books on the subject for general readers, both now reissued in the Cambridg...
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Cambridge University Press
2011
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139013994 |