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Originally published in 1879, this illustrated work by Albert Hastings Markham (1841-1918) opens with accounts of Arctic exploration from the sixth to the nineteenth centuries, including the expeditions led by Constantine John Phipps (1744-92), William Edward Parry (1790-1855) and George Nares (1831-1915). The journal of Thomas Floyd (c.1754-78), who served as midshipman under Phipps in 1773, comprises the most significant part of the work. Outlining the difficulties faced by an eighteenth-century expedition, ranging from encounters with wildlife to adverse weather conditions, Floyd's narrative is notable also for its inclusion of some early episodes in the career of Horatio Nelson, also a midshipman on the voyage. More than a dozen engravings enhance the work. Other publications by Markham, including A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay (1874) and The Great Frozen Sea (1878), are also reissued in this series.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: specific events & topics

• Full title: Northward Ho!
• Subtitle: Including a Narrative of Captain Phipps's Expedition
• Author: Albert Hastings Markham
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 402
• EAN: 9781108071444
• ISBN: 1108071449
• ID: 04769143
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 510 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. March 2014

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