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Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Herald during the Years 1845–51 under the Command of Captain Henry Kellett, R.N., C.B. 2 Volume Set - Berthold Seemann

Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Herald during the Years 1845–51 under the Command of Captain Henry Kellett, R.N., C.B. 2 Volume Set

Being a Circumnavigation of the Globe and Three Cruizes to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin
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660 Seiten
2012
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-04982-5 (ISBN)
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Berthold Seemann (1825–71), a German-born botanist and traveller, describes in this two-volume work, published in 1853, the years he spent as naturalist on the British survey ship HMS Herald, which sailed up the West Coast of America from Panama and made forays into the Arctic seas.
Berthold Seemann (1825–71), a German-born botanist and traveller, published several scientific books and articles. He also composed music and in the 1860s he wrote three plays which enjoyed some success in Germany. In 1846 Seemann was appointed naturalist to the British ship HMS Herald, which was engaged in a hydrographical survey of the Pacific. In this two-volume work, published in 1853, the author recounts how he joined the Herald in Panama in 1847 and remained on board until 1851. The ship explored almost all of the West Coast of America and also sailed north into the Arctic seas. Volume 1 describes Seemann's discoveries on the Isthmus of Panama while awaiting the arrival of his ship, and Volume 2 deals with the Herald's voyage to the Arctic, as part of the effort by the British Navy to find traces of Sir John Franklin's expedition, and its return voyage via Ascension Island.

Volume 1: Preface; 1. Departure from England; 2. Departure from Rio de Janeiro; 3. Papudo Bay; 4. The Galapagos Islands; 5. Boundary line of Nueva Granada; 6. City of Panama; 7. Cape Flattery rocks; 8. Cape Mendocina; 9. Siguantenejo; 10. Survey of the western coast of Nueva Granada; 11. Republic of Ecuador; 12. Loja; 13. Navon; 14. Guayaquil; 15. Survey of the coast of Darien; 16. Geographical position of the Isthmus of Panama; 17. Flora and fauna of the Isthmus of Panama; 18. Topographical description; 19. Inhabitants of the Isthmus; 20. The Indians of the Isthmus. Volume 2: 1. The Herald ordered to search fro Franklin's expedition; 2. Behring's Strait; 3. The ice-cliffs of Eschscholtz Bay; 4. The Eskimoes; 5. Departure from Kotzbue Sound; 6. Second voyage to Behring's Strait; 7. Separation of the two vessels; 8. The Plover's wintering in Kotzbue Sound; 9. Mazatlan; 10. Journey into the interior of North-western Mexico; 11. Departure from Mazatlan; 12. Historical summary of the five years' search after Sir John Franklin; 13. Continuation of the voyage of the Herald; 14. The island of Hongkong; 15. Departure from Hongkong; 16. Stay at the Cape of Good Hope; Appendix; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.7.2012
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
Zusatzinfo 1 Maps; 2 Halftones, color
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 900 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10 1-108-04982-6 / 1108049826
ISBN-13 978-1-108-04982-5 / 9781108049825
Zustand Neuware
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