A Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, Performed in His Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent, Under the Command of Capt. David Buchan, R.N., 1818 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781240905980)

Title: A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent, under the command of Capt. David Buchan, R.N., 1818; to which is added, a summary of all the early attempts to reach the Pacific by way of the Pole. [With plates.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GEOLOGY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The works in this collection contain a number of maps, charts, and tables from the 16th to the 19th centuries documenting geological features of the natural world. Also contained are textbooks and early scientific studies that catalogue and chronicle the human stance toward water and land use. Readers will further enjoy early historical maps of rivers and shorelines demonstrating the artistry of journeymen, cartographers, and illustrators. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Beechey, Frederick William; Buchan, David Captain R.N.; 1843. ix. 351 p.; 8 . ORW.1986.a.3077

Author: Frederick William Beechey,David Captain R. N. Buchan
ISBN-10: 124090598X
ISBN-13: 9781240905980
Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2011
Pages: 390
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.80d