VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY 



TOWARDS 



THE NORTH POLE, 



PERFORMED IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS 



DOROTHEA AND TRENT, 



UNDER THE COMMAND OF 



CAPTAIN DAVID BUCHAN, R.N.; 



1818; 



TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SUMMARY OF ALL THE EARLY ATTEMPTS TO 

 REACH THE PACIFIC BY WAY OF THE POLE. 



BY 



CAPTAIN F.W. BEECHEY, R.N., F.R.S. 



ONE OF THE LIEUTENANTS OF THE EXPEDITION. 



PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE 



ADMIRALTY. 



LONDON: 



RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, 

 •Publisher m <fi)rtoinarj> to ^tv fiflajestj). 



1843. 



