- Additional Authors
- Description
- xxii, 229, [7] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., fold. maps; 28 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Indexed In (note)
- Reproduction (note)
- Contents
- Abstract of the meterological journal kept during the expedition towards the North Pole between June 25 and August 10, 1827, and on board His Majesty's ship Hecla between May 1 and September 16, 1827 -- Notice respecting the chronometers embarked on board the Hecla and the determination of the longitudes -- Observations on the dip of the magnetic needle -- Observations on the variation of the magnetic needle made on shore or on the ice 1827 -- Lieutenant (now Commander) Foster's account of the observations on the diurnal changes of intensity in the horizontal magnetic needle at Spitzbergen, 1827 -- Temperature and specific gravity of sea-water below the surface, 1827 -- Natural history. Zoology / James Clark Ross. Botanical appendix / Wm. Jackson Hooker. Enumeration of the rocks of Spitzbergen and the neighbouring isles collected by Captain Parry / Robert Jameson.
- OCLC
- CTRG04-B862
- Author
Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855.
- Title
Narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole [electronic resource] : in boats fitted for the purpose and attached to His Majesty's ship Hecla in the year MDCCCXXVII [i.e., 1827] / under the command of Captain William Edward Parry ; published by authority of His Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral.
- Imprint
London : J. Murray, 1828 (London : William Clowes)
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Indexed In:
RLIN, CTRG04-B862
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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- Added Author
Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865.
Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862.
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854.