Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery
Including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, Made in the Summer of 1822, in the Ship Baffin of Liverpool
Seiten
2011
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-04132-4 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-04132-4 (ISBN)
First published in 1823, this work recounts the 1822 penultimate journey to the Arctic regions of scientist and clergyman William Scoresby (1789–1857), during which he charted and named a section of the Greenland coast. The book also includes descriptions of Scoresby's scientific observations made on the trip.
William Scoresby junior (1789–1857), explorer, scientist, and later Church of England clergyman, first travelled to the Arctic when he was just ten years old. The son of Arctic whaler and navigator William Scoresby of Whitby, he spent nearly every summer for twenty years at a Greenland whale fishery. He made significant discoveries in Arctic geography, meteorology, oceanography, and magnetism, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1824. First published in 1823, this book recounts Scoresby's voyage to Greenland in the summer of 1822 aboard the Baffin, a whaler of his own design. On this journey, his penultimate voyage to the north, he charted a large section of the coast of Greenland. His narrative also includes descriptions of scientific observations and geographical discoveries made during the voyage, and the appendices includes lists of rock specimens, plants and animal life, and notes on meteorological and other data.
William Scoresby junior (1789–1857), explorer, scientist, and later Church of England clergyman, first travelled to the Arctic when he was just ten years old. The son of Arctic whaler and navigator William Scoresby of Whitby, he spent nearly every summer for twenty years at a Greenland whale fishery. He made significant discoveries in Arctic geography, meteorology, oceanography, and magnetism, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1824. First published in 1823, this book recounts Scoresby's voyage to Greenland in the summer of 1822 aboard the Baffin, a whaler of his own design. On this journey, his penultimate voyage to the north, he charted a large section of the coast of Greenland. His narrative also includes descriptions of scientific observations and geographical discoveries made during the voyage, and the appendices includes lists of rock specimens, plants and animal life, and notes on meteorological and other data.
Introduction; 1. Proceedings during the passage from Liverpool to the fishing-stations; 2. Approach to within five hundred and seventy miles of the Pole; 3. Proceed to the southern fishing-stations; 4. Observations on the deviation of the compass; 5. Loss of a harpooner by a whale; 6. A small whale captured; 7. Approach the coast of Greenland; 8. Large inlet named, after Captain Scoresby sen. Scoresby's Sound; 9. Coast examined down to latitude sixty-nine; 10. Again approach the coast; 11. A run of fish; 12. Retrospective view of researches made upon the eastern coast of Greenland; 13. Get clear of the ice; Appendices.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.12.2011 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration |
| Zusatzinfo | 6 Plates, black and white; 2 Maps; 6 Line drawings, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 680 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-04132-9 / 1108041329 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-04132-4 / 9781108041324 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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