Journal of a voyage to the northern whale-fishery: including researches and discoveries on the eastern coast of west greenland, made in the summer of 1822, in the ship baffin of liverpool
Auteur :
Scoresby, William
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108041324
Date de publication :
29 déc. 2011
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 3,1 cm
Poids :
680 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
First published in 1823, this work recounts the 1822 penultimate journey to the Arctic regions of scientist and clergyman William Scoresby (1789–1857), during which he charted and named a section of the Greenland coast. The book also includes descriptions of Scoresby's scientific observations made on the trip.