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The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger: The voyages of 1817, 1818 and 1820
William Scoresby
出版
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
, 2009
主題
History / Modern / 19th Century
History / Europe / Great Britain
History / Military / Naval
ISBN
0904180956
9780904180954
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=oP-u8HFnRtQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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This is the third and final volume in the set of William Scoresby's journals. It contains the unpublished accounts of his three voyages 1817, 1818 and 1820 and includes detailed descriptions of his landings. The Introduction to this volume contains a major reappraisal of Scoresby's role, especially in regard to his alleged mistreatment by John Barrow, Second Secretary of the Admiralty. The volume also contains an appendix by Fred M. Walker on the building of wooden whaleships such as the Baffin that were capable of routine ice navigation under sail as far north as 80°N, based on Scoresby's account, as Owners' Representative, at the beginning of the 1820 journal.