Printed material by Dr. Richard King

Date:: 1844-1845

Reference:: MS.8682/16-18

Part of:: McCormick, Robert (1800-1890)

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

McCormick, Robert (1800-1890)MSS.3356-3382 & 8682
- Material relating to the expedition of H.M.S. North StarMSS.3373-3382 & 8682
  - Printed materialMS.8682
    - Printed material by Dr. Richard KingMS.8682/16-18

About this work

Description

Printed material by Dr. Richard King, British Arctic traveller and advocate of lightweight equipment and Inuit methods, presented to McCormick. Item no.16: "On the Fish River of the Polar Sea", by Richard King: offprint from the London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 1844. Items nos.17-18: letters from Richard King to Sir John Barrow, proposing plans for Arctic exploration: offprints from unspecified journal. 1845.

Publication/Creation

1844-1845

Finding aids

Described in: typescript finding aids, supplementary to the Library's published catalogues and written by Richard Aspin, Christopher Hilton, Keith Moore and Richard Palmer.

Languages

English

Where to find it

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