The Resource Arctic labyrinth : the quest for the Northwest Passage, Glyn Williams
Arctic labyrinth : the quest for the Northwest Passage, Glyn Williams
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- Summary
- The elusive dream of locating the Northwest Passage--an ocean route over the top of North America that promised a shortcut to the fabulous wealth of Asia--obsessed explorers for centuries. Until recently these channels were hopelessly choked by impassible ice. Voyagers faced unimaginable horrors--entire ships crushed, mass starvation, disabling frostbite, even cannibalism--in pursuit of a futile goal. Glyn Williams charts the entire sweep of this extraordinary history, from the tiny, woefully equipped vessels of the first Tudor expeditions to the twentieth-century ventures that finally opened the Passage
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First University of California Press edition.
- Extent
- xix, 439 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2009
- Contents
-
- Prologue : 'There is no land unhabitable nor sea innavigable'
- 'All is not golde that glistereth' : the expeditions of Martin Frobisher
- 'The passage ismost probable'; 'there is no passage nor hope of passage' : the views of John Davis and William Baffin
- 'A sea to the westward' : the discovery of Hudson Bay
- 'To seek a needle in a bottle of hay' : the rival voyages of Luke Foxe and Thomas James
- 'Northward to find out the Straits if Anian' : the tragic voyage of James Knight
- 'The maritime philosophers stone' : the vision of Arthur Dobbs
- 'I left the print of my feet in blood' : Samuel Hearne and the speculative geographers
- 'No information could be had from maps' : James Cook's final voage
- 'Insults in the name of science to modern navigation' : fantasy voyages through the Northwest Passage
- 'Our prospects were truly exhilarating' : the gateway of Lancaster Sound
- 'The man who ate his boots' : John Franklin goes overland
- 'This set us all castle-building' : the later voyages of Edward Parry
- 'The very borders of the grave' : the ordeal of the Rosses
- 'To fill up the small blank on the northern charts' : the explorations of Back, Dease and Simpson
- 'So little now remains to be done' : the last voyage of John Franklin
- 'Franklin's winter quarters!' : clues on the ice
- 'The Northwest Passage discovered!' : the Pacific approach of McClure and Collinson
- 'A thorough downright catastrophe' : the search expedition of Edward Belcher
- 'They fell down and died as they walked' : the fate of Franklin's crews
- 'My dream since childhood' : Roald Amundsen and the passage
- 'I felt that I was on hallowed ground' : the voyages of Henry Larsen
- Epilogue : the Northwest Passage and climate change
- Isbn
- 9780520266278
- Label
- Arctic labyrinth : the quest for the Northwest Passage
- Title
- Arctic labyrinth
- Title remainder
- the quest for the Northwest Passage
- Statement of responsibility
- Glyn Williams
- Subject
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- trueExpeditions -- Arctic regions
- trueExploration
- trueExplorers
- trueLog books
- trueNaviagtion -- History
- trueDiscoveries (in geography)
- Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration
- trueNorthwest Passage -- Exploration | British
- truePolar regions -- Exploration
- trueSailing
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueNorthwest Passage -- Description and travel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The elusive dream of locating the Northwest Passage--an ocean route over the top of North America that promised a shortcut to the fabulous wealth of Asia--obsessed explorers for centuries. Until recently these channels were hopelessly choked by impassible ice. Voyagers faced unimaginable horrors--entire ships crushed, mass starvation, disabling frostbite, even cannibalism--in pursuit of a futile goal. Glyn Williams charts the entire sweep of this extraordinary history, from the tiny, woefully equipped vessels of the first Tudor expeditions to the twentieth-century ventures that finally opened the Passage
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- 356824
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Williams, Glyndwr
- Dewey number
- 910.9163/27
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Northwest Passage
- Northwest Passage
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- the quest for the Northwest Passage
- Label
- Arctic labyrinth : the quest for the Northwest Passage, Glyn Williams
- Note
- Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2009
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-413) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : 'There is no land unhabitable nor sea innavigable' -- 'All is not golde that glistereth' : the expeditions of Martin Frobisher -- 'The passage ismost probable'; 'there is no passage nor hope of passage' : the views of John Davis and William Baffin -- 'A sea to the westward' : the discovery of Hudson Bay -- 'To seek a needle in a bottle of hay' : the rival voyages of Luke Foxe and Thomas James -- 'Northward to find out the Straits if Anian' : the tragic voyage of James Knight -- 'The maritime philosophers stone' : the vision of Arthur Dobbs -- 'I left the print of my feet in blood' : Samuel Hearne and the speculative geographers -- 'No information could be had from maps' : James Cook's final voage -- 'Insults in the name of science to modern navigation' : fantasy voyages through the Northwest Passage -- 'Our prospects were truly exhilarating' : the gateway of Lancaster Sound -- 'The man who ate his boots' : John Franklin goes overland -- 'This set us all castle-building' : the later voyages of Edward Parry -- 'The very borders of the grave' : the ordeal of the Rosses -- 'To fill up the small blank on the northern charts' : the explorations of Back, Dease and Simpson -- 'So little now remains to be done' : the last voyage of John Franklin -- 'Franklin's winter quarters!' : clues on the ice -- 'The Northwest Passage discovered!' : the Pacific approach of McClure and Collinson -- 'A thorough downright catastrophe' : the search expedition of Edward Belcher -- 'They fell down and died as they walked' : the fate of Franklin's crews -- 'My dream since childhood' : Roald Amundsen and the passage -- 'I felt that I was on hallowed ground' : the voyages of Henry Larsen -- Epilogue : the Northwest Passage and climate change
- Control code
- 779974
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First University of California Press edition.
- Extent
- xix, 439 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780520266278
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009035546
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780520266278
- (OCoLC)435628953
- Label
- Arctic labyrinth : the quest for the Northwest Passage, Glyn Williams
- Note
- Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2009
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-413) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : 'There is no land unhabitable nor sea innavigable' -- 'All is not golde that glistereth' : the expeditions of Martin Frobisher -- 'The passage ismost probable'; 'there is no passage nor hope of passage' : the views of John Davis and William Baffin -- 'A sea to the westward' : the discovery of Hudson Bay -- 'To seek a needle in a bottle of hay' : the rival voyages of Luke Foxe and Thomas James -- 'Northward to find out the Straits if Anian' : the tragic voyage of James Knight -- 'The maritime philosophers stone' : the vision of Arthur Dobbs -- 'I left the print of my feet in blood' : Samuel Hearne and the speculative geographers -- 'No information could be had from maps' : James Cook's final voage -- 'Insults in the name of science to modern navigation' : fantasy voyages through the Northwest Passage -- 'Our prospects were truly exhilarating' : the gateway of Lancaster Sound -- 'The man who ate his boots' : John Franklin goes overland -- 'This set us all castle-building' : the later voyages of Edward Parry -- 'The very borders of the grave' : the ordeal of the Rosses -- 'To fill up the small blank on the northern charts' : the explorations of Back, Dease and Simpson -- 'So little now remains to be done' : the last voyage of John Franklin -- 'Franklin's winter quarters!' : clues on the ice -- 'The Northwest Passage discovered!' : the Pacific approach of McClure and Collinson -- 'A thorough downright catastrophe' : the search expedition of Edward Belcher -- 'They fell down and died as they walked' : the fate of Franklin's crews -- 'My dream since childhood' : Roald Amundsen and the passage -- 'I felt that I was on hallowed ground' : the voyages of Henry Larsen -- Epilogue : the Northwest Passage and climate change
- Control code
- 779974
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First University of California Press edition.
- Extent
- xix, 439 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780520266278
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009035546
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780520266278
- (OCoLC)435628953
Subject
- trueExpeditions -- Arctic regions
- trueExploration
- trueExplorers
- trueLog books
- trueNaviagtion -- History
- trueDiscoveries (in geography)
- Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration
- trueNorthwest Passage -- Exploration | British
- truePolar regions -- Exploration
- trueSailing
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueNorthwest Passage -- Description and travel
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