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Narrative of the second Arctic expedition made by Charles F. Hall : his voyage to Repulse Bay, sledge journeys to the Straits of Fury and Hecla and to King William's land, and residence among the Eskimos, during the years 1864-'69 / edited under the orders of the Hon. Secretary of the Navy, by Prof. J.E. Nourse, U.S.N., U.S. Naval Observatory, 1879.
Gale Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Charles Francis, 1821-1871, author.
- Series:
- Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 45th Congress, 3d session, no. 27.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.
- 45th Cong., 3d sess. Senate. Ex. doc. 27
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arctic regions.
- Arctic Regions.
- Eskimos.
- Franklin, John, 1786-1847.
- Franklin, John.
- Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Discoveries in geography--American.. editor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xlx, 644 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Government Printing Office, 1879.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Contains a preliminary chapter on Hall's three expeditions and the Franklin search, and two chapters on the preparations for the second expedition.
- Notes:
- Edited from Hall's manuscripts, which were purchased by the government.
- This expedition, like his expedition of 1860-1862 was supported by private subscriptions, and both were undertaken to search for the records of the Franklin expedition and "to promote and benefit the cause of geography, navigation, natural history and science."
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
- "Principal English Arctic publications between the years 1818 and 1860": pages xlv-l.
- OCLC:
- 681073322
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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