Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : Performed in the Years 1819-20 ... under the Orders o (Paperback)

Introduction; Official instructions; 1. Passage across the Atlantic; 2. Entrance into Sir James Lancaster's Sound of Baffin; 3. Favourable appearance of an open westerly passage; 4. Further examination of Melville Island; 5. Precautions for securing the ships and stores; 6. First appearance of scurvy; 7. More temperate weather; 8. Journey across Melville Island to the northern shore, and return to the ships by a different route; 9. Occurrences at Winter Harbour in the early part of June; 10. Leave Winter Harbour; 11. Progress down the western coast of Baffin's Bay; Appendix.