| Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait: Volume 1: To Co-Operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom Contributor(s): Beechey, Frederick William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139014870 ISBN-13: 9781139014878 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Travel |
| Dewey: 910.91 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Frederick William Beechey (1796-1856), naval officer and hydrographer, was born into a family of artists, joined the Navy at a young age and went on to travel the world to survey coastlines and oceans. He published several accounts of his expeditions to destinations including the Arctic and Africa. This two-volume work, first published in 1831, describes his voyage as commander of the Blossom in 1825-1828. The ship's mission was to support the exploration of the North-West Passage by travelling eastwards via the Bering Strait to meet the explorers Sir John Franklin and Sir Edward Parry who were travelling west from the North Atlantic. Volume 1 records Beechey's outward journey via Cape Horn, his visits to Pitcairn Island, where he met the last surviving Bounty mutineer and documented his story (retold in Chapters 3 and 4), Tahiti, and Hawai'i, and his first season exploring the Bering Strait. |