Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait
To Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom , under the Command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23765246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick William Beechey (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait Vol. 2 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9781139014885 |
| OpenAlex | W1497497699 |
| ISBN | 9781139014885 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
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 2 follows the expedition from California, where it had overwintered, via Hawai'i and China, back to the Bering Strait for a second summer. It includes a vocabulary of Eskimo words, notes on harbours and navigation, and a vivid description of the northern lights.
Archaeology · Arctic · Art · Destinations · Geography · Narrative · Navy · Officer · PARRY · The arctic · Tourism · Geology · History · Oceanography · Polar Research and Ecology
From cannibal to commerce
Palaeolithic Personal Ornaments
Discovery of Iron Grapnel Anchors in Early Modern Ryukyu and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Okinawa, Japan
An unreduced dislocated mandible in an Alaskan Eskimo
Prehistoric introduction and extinction of animals in Mangareva, Southeast Polynesia
Revisiting an Early Thule Inuit occupation of Skraeling Island, Canadian High Arctic
Richard Cyriax's note concerning Thomas Simpson's claim of having discovered the Northwest Passage
On the incidence of alcoholism and intemperance in early pacific missions
Pomare II of Tahiti and Polynesian imperialism
Hawaii 1778–1854
Questions of Inscription and Epistemology in British Travelers’ Accounts of Early Nineteenth-Century South America
Twentieth-Century Changes in Beluga Whale Hunting and Butchering by the Kanigmiut of Buckland, Alaska
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1966 - 2016 (51) |
| Highly cited | No |