An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798

• Main Author: Barrow, John
• Format: Book
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; Parry; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139059237

Sir John Barrow (1764–1848) was a distinguished British government servant whose diplomatic career took him to China and Africa, and who in forty years as Secretary to the Admiralty was responsible for promoting Arctic and Antarctic exploration, including the voyages of Sir John Ross, Sir William Pa...