Original Manuscripts of Captain William Edward Parry, volume 2

Other author Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser.
Format Electronic
PublicationMarlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Description1 online resource
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.exploration.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/BL_Add_MS_42090
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Summary Description: Annotated and corrected manuscript draft of Parry's account of the British attempt to seek the Northwest Passage in 1821-1823. The volume, which covers the expedition's progress between March and September 1822, includes metrological charts, a vocabulary of 'Esquimaux' language, and notation of the music of indigenous people. The volume includes recollections of attempts to grow plants, scientific experiments, and relations with indigenous peoples, who created a number of 'charts' for the expedition.
General noteAMDigital Reference: Add MS 42090.
Original versionReproduction of: Original Manuscripts of Captain William Edward Parry, volume 2 1822.
Location of originalBritish Library
Copyright noteBritish Library
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource (viewed on May 28, 2018).

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