John Richardson

The Polar Regions

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1861 work by Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) provides an account of Arctic and Antarctic discoveries up to 1859.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781108073370
• ISBN-10: 1108073379
• Artikelnr.: 40578812

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I: Introduction
1. Ante-Columbian period, BC 52-AD 1494
2. AD 1492-1527
3. Voyages to the north-east from England, AD 1548-80
4. Dutch north-eastern voyages, AD 1594-7
5. English north-west voyages, AD 1576-1636
6. American continent etc., AD 1668-1790
7. Russian voyages along the Siberian coast, AD 1598-1843
8. Nineteenth century, England AD 1817-45
9. Nineteenth century, Sir John Franklin
10. Searching expeditions, AD 1847-59
11. Spitzbergen
12. Currents of the polar seas
13. Ice
14. Winds
15. Temperature
16. Vegetation
17. Zoology
18. Geology
19. Eskimos
20. Samoyeds
21. Laplanders of Yugrian origin
Part II: 1. AD 1576-1840, Antarctic polar regions
2. Discovery of Victoria Land
3. Remarks on the physical geography of the Antarctic region
Postscript
Index.