Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 / By John Franklin, captain R.N. ... With an appendix on various subjects relating to science and natural history.

  • John Franklin
Date:
1823
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Credit: Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 / By John Franklin, captain R.N. ... With an appendix on various subjects relating to science and natural history. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION. His Majesty’s Government having determined upon sending an Expedition from the Shores of Hudson's Bay by land, to explore the Northern Coast of America, from the Mouth of the Copper- Mine River to the eastward, I had the honour to be appointed to this service by Earl Bathurst, on the recommendation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ; who, at. the same time, nominated Doctor John Richardson, a Surgeon in the Royal Navy, Mr. George Back, and Mr. Robert Hood, two Admiralty Midshipmen, to be joined with me in the Expedition. My instructions in substance informed me, that the main object of the Expedition was that of determining the latitudes and longitudes of the Northern Coast of North America, and the trending of that Coast from the Mouth of the Copper-Mine River to the eastern extremity of that Con- tinent; that it was left for me to determine, according to circum- stances, whether it might be most advisable to proceed, at once, directly to the northward till I arrived at the sea-coast, and proceed westerly towards the Copper-Mine River; or advance, in the first Instance, by the usual route to the Mouth of the Copper-Mine River, and from thence easterly till I should arrive at the eastern be
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