Name: A Voyage Towards the North Pole: Undertaken by his Majesty's Command 1773 (Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration) (en Inglés)
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Author: Constantine John Phipps
ISBN: 9781108069724

portada A Voyage Towards the North Pole: Undertaken by his Majesty's Command 1773 (Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration) (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Editorial

Cambridge University Press

Autor

Constantine John Phipps

Año

2014

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

300

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9781108069724

Categorías

Reino unido
Historia de europa

A Voyage Towards the North Pole: Undertaken by his Majesty's Command 1773 (Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration) (en Inglés)

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A friend of Sir Joseph Banks, and with scientific interests of his own, the naval officer Constantine John Phipps (1744–92) was appointed by the Admiralty in 1773 to command an Arctic expedition in search of a passage to the Pacific. Among the crew was a young Horatio Nelson and a freed slave, Olaudah Equiano, who became the first African to visit the Arctic. Although unsuccessful in its primary aim, the voyage is noteworthy for Phipps' description of the polar bear as a distinct species, and for being a naval voyage on which research was deemed as crucial as exploration. Following the publication of this account in 1774, the Gentleman's Magazine commented that 'there has not appeared a voyage in any language so replete with nautical information, nor in which the mariner and philosopher can find such liberal entertainment'. Illustrated throughout, the work includes a substantial appendix containing the scientific data.