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The Royal Geographical Society And The Arctic Expedition Of 1875 1876
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Book Synopsis The Royal Geographical Society and the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76 by : Clements Robert Markham
Download or read book The Royal Geographical Society and the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76 written by Clements Robert Markham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1877, this report on the progress of an Arctic expedition demonstrates the approaches adopted in the nineteenth century.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by : Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London written by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography by : Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography written by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Arctic Journal of Captain Henry Wemyss Feilden, R. A., The Naturalist in H. M. S. Alert, 1875-1876 by : Trevor Levere
Download or read book The Arctic Journal of Captain Henry Wemyss Feilden, R. A., The Naturalist in H. M. S. Alert, 1875-1876 written by Trevor Levere and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Arctic Expedition of 1875–6 was the first major British naval expedition to the high Arctic where science was almost as important as geographical exploration. There were hopes that the expedition might find the hypothetical open polar sea and with it the longed-for Northwest Passage, and it did reach the highest northern latitude to date. The Royal Society compiled instructions for the expedition, and selected two full-time naturalists (an unusual naval concession to science), of whom one, Henry Wemyss Feilden, proved a worthy choice. Feilden was a soldier, who fought in most of the wars in his lifetime, including the American Civil War, on the Confederate side. On board HMS Alert, he kept a daily journal, a record important for its scientific content, but also as a view of the expedition as seen by a soldier, revealing admiration and appreciation for his naval colleagues; he performed whatever tasks were given to him, including the rescue of returning sledge parties stricken by scurvy. He also did a remarkably comprehensive job in mapping the geology of Smith Sound; some of his work, on the Cape Rawson Beds, was the most reliable until the 1950s. He was an all-round naturalist, and a particularly fine geologist and ornithologist. He was not just a collector; he pondered the significance of his findings within the context of the best modern science of his day: in zoology, Charles Darwin on evolution; in botany, Hooker on phytogeography, and in geology, Charles Lyell’s system. He illustrated his journal with his own sketches, and also enclosed the printed programmes of popular entertainments held on the ship, and verses for birthdays and sledging (there was a printing press onboard). The journal gives a vigorous impression of a ship’s company well occupied through the winter, then increasingly active in sledging and geographical discovery in spring, before the scurvy-induced decision to head home in the summer of 1876. After his return, Feilden had dealings with many scientists and their institutions, finding homes for and meaning in his collections.
Book Synopsis An Empire of Ice by : Edward J. Larson
Download or read book An Empire of Ice written by Edward J. Larson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize–winning author examines South Pole expeditions, “wrapping the science in plenty of dangerous drama to keep readers engaged” (Booklist). An Empire of Ice presents a fascinating new take on Antarctic exploration—placing the famed voyages of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, his British rivals Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, and others in a larger scientific, social, and geopolitical context. Recounting the Antarctic expeditions of the early twentieth century, the author reveals the British efforts for what they actually were: massive scientific enterprises in which reaching the South Pole was but a spectacular sideshow. By focusing on the larger purpose of these legendary adventures, Edward J. Larson deepens our appreciation of the explorers’ achievements, shares little-known stories, and shows what the Heroic Age of Antarctic discovery was really about. “Rather than recounting the story of the race to the pole chronologically, Larson concentrates on various scientific disciplines (like meteorology, glaciology and paleontology) and elucidates the advances made by the polar explorers . . . Covers a lot of ground—science, politics, history, adventure.” —The New York Times Book Review
Book Synopsis The Fifty Years' Work of the Royal Geographical Society by : Sir Clements Robert Markham
Download or read book The Fifty Years' Work of the Royal Geographical Society written by Sir Clements Robert Markham and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of National Biography by :
Download or read book The Dictionary of National Biography written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Arctic in the British imagination 1818–1914 by : Rob David
Download or read book The Arctic in the British imagination 1818–1914 written by Rob David and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arctic region has been the subject of much popular writing. This book considers nineteenth-century representations of the Arctic, and draws upon an extensive range of evidence that will allow the 'widest connections' to emerge from a 'cross-disciplinary analysis' using different methodologies and subject matter. It positions the Arctic alongside more thoroughly investigated theatres of Victorian enterprise. In the nineteenth century, most images were in the form of paintings, travel narratives, lectures given by the explorers themselves and photographs. The book explores key themes in Arctic images which impacted on subsequent representations through text, painting and photography. For much of the nineteenth century, national and regional geographical societies promoted exploration, and rewarded heroic endeavor. The book discusses images of the Arctic which originated in the activities of the geographical societies. The Times provided very low-key reporting of Arctic expeditions, as evidenced by its coverage of the missions of Sir John Franklin and James Clark Ross. However, the illustrated weekly became one of the main sources of popular representations of the Arctic. The book looks at the exhibitions of Arctic peoples, Arctic exploration and Arctic fauna in Britain. Late nineteenth-century exhibitions which featured the Arctic were essentially nostalgic in tone. The Golliwogg's Polar Adventures, published in 1900, drew on adult representations of the Arctic and will have confirmed and reinforced children's perceptions of the region. Text books, board games and novels helped to keep the subject alive among the young.
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of National Biography by : Leslie Stephen
Download or read book The Dictionary of National Biography written by Leslie Stephen and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of National Biography by : Stephen (Sir Leslie.)
Download or read book The Dictionary of National Biography written by Stephen (Sir Leslie.) and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of National Biography Founded in 1882 by George Smith by : George Smith
Download or read book The Dictionary of National Biography Founded in 1882 by George Smith written by George Smith and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dictionary of National Biography... by : Henry William Carless Davis
Download or read book Dictionary of National Biography... written by Henry William Carless Davis and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis American Explorations in the Ice Zones by : Joseph Everett Nourse
Download or read book American Explorations in the Ice Zones written by Joseph Everett Nourse and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a brief notice of the Antarctic cruise under Lieutenant Wilkes, 1840, and of the locations and objects of the U.S. signal service Arctic observers.
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of National Biography, 1912-1921 by : John Reginald Homer Weaver
Download or read book The Dictionary of National Biography, 1912-1921 written by John Reginald Homer Weaver and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Geographical Society by : Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). Library
Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Geographical Society written by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). Library and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
