VOYAGES 



OF 



DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH 



within 



THE ARCTIC REGIONS, 



FROH THE YEAR 1818 TO THE PRESENT TIME : 



UNDER THE COMMAND OK THE 



SEVERAL NAVAL OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY SEA AND LAND 



IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC ; 



WITH TWO ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTH POLE. 



ABRIDGED AND ARRANGED FROM THE OFFICIAL NARRATIVES, 

 WITH OCCASIONAL REMARKS. 



By SIR JOHN BARROW, Bart., F.R.S., 



AN..ET. 82, 

 AUTHOR OF • A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF VOYAGES INTO THE ARCTIC REGIONS.' 



WITH PORTRAIT AND MAPS. 



LONDON: 

 JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 



1846. 



