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'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.' [51] (162/258)
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ON ARCTIC DISCOVERY—1818-02.
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memory and keep the whole details before the mind : a reference to a good
recent map will make the subject plain.
m%.—Hcda and Griper. Captain John Ross and Lieutenant Parry. Returned same year
im.—Dorothea and Trent, Buchanan and Franklin. Proceeded direct for the Polar Sea ;
reached Lat. 80° 32', and returned the same year.
1819.—and Eitry. Parry and Lyon. Returned in October, 1S2C.
1829.—t ranklin and Richardson, overland journey by the McKenzie river. Returned in
1822.
\m.—IIecla and Fury. Parry and Hopner. Returned in October 1823.
\m.—HecUa.\\AFury. Parry and Hopner. Ear?/lost—Hecta returned 1825.
1825,—Franklin and Richardson start on their second overland expedition. Returned in 1829,
1825.—The Blossom,, Captain Beechy, starts for Behring’s Straits. Pursues a magnificent
course of investigation in the Pacific and China Seas. Spends the Summers of 1826-27
north of Behring’s Straits.
1827.—Captain Parry attempts an Expedition from Norway, over the ice. Reaches 82° 40',
and returns in 1828.
1829.—Captain Sir J. Ross starts in the Victory, a private ship. Returns in October 1833,
1836.— Terror. Captain Bade. Starts for Lancaster Sound. Returned in 1837.—Overland
journey by Messrs. Simson and Deare to Arctic Ocean.
1839.—Second expedition by same parties.
1845.— Erebus and Terror. Franklin and Crozier. Started in May. Last heard from in
August northwest of Greenland. No tidings since been received of them.
1848.— Sir John Richardson and Dr. Rae undertake an overland journey in quest of Franklin.
Proceeded as far as the Great Bear Lake, and thence by the McKenzie River to the
Sea. Returned in 1849.
1848.— Enterprize and Investigator. Sir James Ross. Proceeded as far as Fury Point, and
wintered. Returned in 1849. Left in the ice August 1853.
1843.— Plover dispatched. In August 1849 she reached Lat. 72° 51', long. 163° 48'.
1848. — Herold sent out with stores to Plover. Returned in December 1849.
1849. — North Star dispatched to aid Sir J. Ross, but missed him. Returned in October 1851.
1850. — Enterprize and Investigator. Commanders Collinson and McClure. Sailed 15th
January for Cape Horn and Sandwich Islands, for Behring’s Straits. Left in the ice
1853, officers and crews returned in Octoer 1854.
1850.— Advance and Research, under Lieutenant DeHaven, leave New York for Siberia and
Nova Zembla. Penetrated Wellington Strait to 75°.
1850.— Resolute and Assistance. Captain Austin. Sailed in April. Captain Penny with the
Lady Franklin and Sophia dispatched in concert. Returned September 1851.
1850. —The Prince Albert, Captain Forsyth. Started from Aberdeen. She communicated
with Captain Austin, and returned in October, never having had her anchor down
during the intervals.
1851. xhe Prince Albert, Captain Kennedy, started with Lieutenant Bellot on board, a second
time from Aberdeen, and returned in October 1852. Her Commander discovered
the stores at Fury Point in perfect order. He made an excursion overland and on
the ice of eleven hundred miles, being absent from his ship ninety-three days.
1852. —April—Sir Edward Belcher, with five ships, dispatched from Beechey Island, where
the North Star store ship was to remain a depot. A sailing vessel and steamer, tha
the Assistance and Pioneer, to penetrate Wellington Channel inquest of Sir John
Franklin, a similar force, tire Resolute and Intrepid, Captains Kitto and Pullen, to
make for Melvill Island to endeavour to obtain tidings of Captains Collinson and
McClure. 4
1852.—June—The Hudson’s Bay Company resolve to dispatch an expedition over the ice,
under command of Dr. Rae.
1852.—July—Captain Inglefield, with the Isabella Screw Steamer, 140 tons, fitted out by Lady
Franklin, leaves for Baffin’s Bay—returned in November, having in the short space
of four months reached Davis’s Straits from England, passed Murchison’s Straits,
penetrated 140 miles further North in Smiths’ Sound than any previous Navigator
sailed up Jones’ Sound, penetrated Barrow’s Straitj and communicated with t ic
Squadron of Sir E. Belcher.
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The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.
Publication details: Bombay: Printed at The Times' Press, by T W Wray, 1856.
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This volume contains a table of contents giving headings and page references, and an index. There is an index to Volumes I-XVII (1836-1864) in a separate volume (ST 393, index).
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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