Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait 1

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Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait

Name: Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait
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Author: Frederick William Beechey
ISBN: 9781108031035

Frederick William Beechey

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2011

Frederick William Beechey (1796-1856), naval officer and hydrographer, was born into a family of artists, joined the Navy at a young age and went on to travel the world to survey coastlines and oceans. He published several accounts of his expeditions to destinations including the Arctic and Africa. This two-volume work, first published in 1831, describes his voyage as commander of the Blossom in 1825-1828. The ship's mission was to support the exploration of the North-West Passage by travelling eastwards via the Bering Strait to meet the explorers Sir John Franklin and Sir Edward Parry who were travelling west from the North Atlantic. Volume 1 records Beechey's outward journey via Cape Horn, his visits to Pitcairn Island, where he met the last surviving Bounty mutineer and documented his story (retold in Chapters 3 and 4), Tahiti, and Hawai'i, and his first season exploring the Bering Strait.

Författare: Frederick William Beechey
Format: Pocket/Paperback
ISBN: 9781108031035
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 558
Utgivningsdatum: 2011-05-01
Förlag: Cambridge University Press