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The wonders of the Arctic world : a history of all the researches and discoveries in the frozen regions of the North, from the earliest times : with sketches of the Cabots, Frobisher, Hudson, Baffin, Behring, Cook, Ross, Franklin, Parry, Back, Rae, McClintock, Kane, Hayes, Hall, and others, who in their perilous explorations defied hunger, cold, untold sufferings and death itself to reveal the mysteries of this wonderful portion of the globe

Title
The wonders of the Arctic world : a history of all the researches and discoveries in the frozen regions of the North, from the earliest times : with sketches of the Cabots, Frobisher, Hudson, Baffin, Behring, Cook, Ross, Franklin, Parry, Back, Rae, McClintock, Kane, Hayes, Hall, and others, who in their perilous explorations defied hunger, cold, untold sufferings and death itself to reveal the mysteries of this wonderful portion of the globe / by Epes Sargent, Esq. ; together with a complete and reliable history of the Polaris expedition / by William H. Cunnington, special correspondent of the Philadelphia Age.
Author
Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880
Publication
Philadelphia : John E. Potter & Company, [1873]

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Additional Authors
Cunnington, William H.
Description
651 pages : including illustrations, plates, portraits; 20 cm
Summary
History of exploration, particularly North American arctic, and search for North-west Passage. Section on Hall's Polaris expedition (p.568-651) contains lengthy extracts from diary of John Harron, steward of Polaris.
Alternative Title
  • Perils and escapes among icebergs!
  • Arctic world and its explorers
  • Wonders of the Arctic world with the Polaris expedition
Subject
  • Polaris (Ship)
  • Discoveries in geography
  • Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration
  • Arctic Regions
  • Arctique > Découverte et exploration
Note
  • At head of title: Perils and escapes among icebergs!
  • Binder's title: The Arctic world and its explorers.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
LCCN
a 14001349
OCLC
  • ocm02233840
  • 2233840
  • SCSB-305383
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library