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 | 23766899 |
|---|---|
| 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. 1 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9781139014878 |
| OpenAlex | W2487207845 |
| ISBN | 9781139014878 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
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 1 records Beechey's outward journey via Cape Horn, his visits to Pitcairn Island, where he met the last surviving Bounty mutineer and documented his story (retold in Chapters 3 and 4), Tahiti, and Hawai'i, and his first season exploring the Bering Strait.
Archaeology · Arctic · Cape · French horn · Geography · Navy · Officer · PARRY · The arctic · Geology · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Oceanography · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Polar Research and Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1932 - 2006 (75) |
| Highly cited | No |