The Impracticability of a North-West Passage for Ships, Impartially Considered (Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration)
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Autor: Peter Heywood
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Limba: Engleza
Nr. pagini: 192
Coperta: Paperback
Dimensiuni: 14 x 1.1 x 21.6 cm
An aparitie: 2014
Peter Heywood (17721831) became known for his involvement in the 1789 mutiny aboard the Bounty. After evading a death sentence thanks to a royal pardon, he was able to advance himself in a distinguished naval career, achieving the rank of post-captain. The question of the North-West Passage, a sea route through the Arctic that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, remained an obsession for the British for much of the nineteenth century. Drawing on his experience as a naval hydrographer and writing under the pseudonym 'Scrutator', Heywood considers the question of the North-West Passage in this 1824 publication by surveying accounts of recent expeditions to the Arctic. While he does not dispute the existence of the much-sought route, he argues that the icy waters would not be navigable for ships. It was not until the early twentieth century that Roald Amundsen and his crew achieved the seemingly impossible.
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An aparitie | 2014 |
Autor | Peter Heywood |
Dimensiuni | 14 x 1.1 x 21.6 cm |
Editura | Cambridge University Press |
Format | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781108071864 |
Limba | Engleza |
Nr pag | 192 |
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