A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay, through Sir Thomas Rowe's 'Welcome,' in His Majesty's Ship 'Griper', in the Year MDCCXXIV. (Coles Canadiana Collection)

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1971 facsimile of 1825 original. Includes folding map and 7 plates. Arctic Bibliography 10530: "Exploring for a Northwest Passage by Hudson Bay, the author penetrated, with the Gri per, into Roes Welcome about halfway between Wager Inlet and Repulse Bay in 1824, but was driven back by foul weather. He gives here a narrative of the voyage, description of Southampton Island and its natives, notes on tides in Roes Welcome Sound and on compass variation. Appendix: Hooker, Sir J. D. Botanical appendix. (Annotated list of fifty-three species, mostly from Southampton Island)." Show more