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Polar pioneers : John Ross and James Clark Ross /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Buffalo :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[1994]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Maps
- Foreword by Clive Holland
- Preface
- Illustrations
- 1 The Rosses of Galloway
- 2 John Ross: Early Naval Career, 1786-1817
- 3 The Revival of Arctic Exploration, 1817
- 4 Voyage to Baffin's Bay, 1818
- 5 John Ross versus John Barrow, 1819
- 6 James Ross Sails with Parry, 1819-27
- 7 Navigation by Steam, 1819-28
- 8 John Ross's Second Voyage: Preparation and Departure, 1828-29
- 9 No News: a Search Is Planned, 1832-33
- 10 Four Years in Boothia, 1829-33
- 11 Rewards and Recriminations, 1833-35
- 12 George Back and Richard King, 1833-3513 James Ross Searches for Whalers and Studies Compasses, 1835-39
- 14 James Ross in the Antarctic, 1839-43
- 15 John and George Ross Float Companies, 1835-39
- 16 John Ross in Stockholm, 1839-46
- 17 The Franklin Expedition, 1845
- 18 Sir John Barrow Retires; No News of Franklin, 1846-48
- 19 Search for Franklin, 1848-49; James Ross in the Enterprise
- 20 Search for Franklin, 1850-51; John Ross in the Felix
- 21 Search for Franklin, 1852-54 /
- 22 News from the Great Fish River, 1854-56
- 23 John and George Ross: The Closing Years, 1848-56 /24 The Fate of Franklin; James Ross's Closing Years, 1857-62
- Envoi
- Appendix: Glossary of Place-Names
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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