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Instances of navigators who have reached high northern latitudes. Read at a meeting of the Royal Society, May 19, 1774.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800.
- Arctic regions.
- North Pole--Early works to 1800.
- North Pole.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (51,[1]p. )
- Other Title:
- Instances of navigators who have reached high northern latitudes.
- Place of Publication:
- [London, 1775]
- Notes:
- Signed on pp.13 and 48: Daines Barrington, F.R.S.
- Drop-head title.
- Includes: "Additional proofs that the polar seas are open. Read at a meeting of the Royal Society, Dec. 22, 1774" (pp.[15]-48) and a postscript dated January 8, 1775 (pp.49-51).
- Later reissued in 1775 as 'The probability of reaching the North Pole discussed' with additional material.
- Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, N8293.
- OCLC:
- 642231095
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