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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.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues History of science

• Full title: Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait
• Subtitle: 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
• Author: Frederick William Beechey
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 488
• EAN: 9781108031042
• ISBN: 1108031048
• ID: 02056444
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 620 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 28 × 140 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. May 2011

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