Harpoon guns, the lost Greenland settlement, and penal colonies: George Manby's Arctic obsessions

Abstract George William Manby (1766–1854) was an English inventor best known for his idea of firing a line from shore to a wrecked ship so that the crew might be saved by means of a breeches-buoy. Around 1819 he turned his attention to new typesof whaling harpoons, bothahand harpoon andagun harpoon....

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Barr, William
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2001
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Greenland
Scoresby
Penal
Baffin
East Greenland
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400017046
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400017046

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