L. Track of His Majesty's armed brig Lion from England to Davis's Streights and Labrador, with observations for determining the longitude by Sun and Moon and error of common reckoning; also the variation of the compass and dip of the needle, as observed during the said voyage in 1776

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1778
• Subjects: Greenland; Porcupine Harbour; The Needle; North West Passage
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1778.0051; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1778.0051

We anchored in Porcupine Harbour, where we staid until the 26th of September, and from thence proceeded to England; which being a common rout, I shall conclude with a few general observations on this part of the world, so little known and so terribly represented by people who, in order to raise thei...