A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTH POLE, PERFORMED IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS DOROTHEA AND TRENT, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN DAVID BUCHAN, R.N.; 1818; TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SUMMARY OF ALL THE EARLY ATTEMPTS TO BY CAPTAIN F. W. BEECHEY, R.N., F.R.S. ONE OF THE LIEUTENANTS OF THE EXPEDITION. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, 1843. ΤΟ SIR JOHN BARROW, BART., F.R.S., &c. THE ORIGINATER AND PROMOTER OF MODERN ARCTIC DISCOVERY, THIS VOLUME, CONTAINING A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN DAVID BUCHAN, R.N. TOWARDS THE NORTH POLE, AND A SUMMARY OF EARLY ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE PACIFIC BY WAY OF THE POLE, IS, WITH PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY March, 1843. HIS FAITHFUL AND OBLIGED FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. |