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a personal accident, was obliged to bear up home- 

 ward, after reaching the mouth of Behring's Strait. 



1818, En. John Ross and William Edward Parry, proceeded 



with two well equipped ships, for the discovery of a 

 N. W. passage. They circumnavigated Baffin's Bay, 

 proved the non-existence of Cumberland Island, dis- 

 covered some part of the west coast that was not seen 

 by Baffin, and gave names to numerous positions in 

 the course of their navigation. 



En. David Buchan and John Franklin, with two ships, 



undertook a voyage for discovery towards the North 

 Pole. One of the vessels received damage in the best 

 part of the season, and occasioned, it is said, the re- 

 turn of the expedition before that research had been 

 made which was intended. 



1818 En. Rewards to navigators, for advancing to latitude 83° N. 



and and to longitude 110" W. within the Arctic circle, 



1819. Avith a progressive increase of premiums for saiUng still 

 nearer to the N. Pole, and making further advances in 

 the discovery of a N. W. passage, permitted by act of 

 Parliament, and fixed by an order in Council «. 



1819, En. William Edward Parry was again dispatched for dis- 

 coveries towards the N. W. with two vessels under his 

 direction. The issue not yet known. 



— — En. John Franklin, with others, proceeded to America, for 

 making researches by land about the shores of the 

 Frozen Ocean. 



In drawing up the preceding abstract of northern voyages, it 

 is but proper to mention, that I have not been at the pains to con- 

 sult many originals, having principally been indebted to the writ- 

 ings of Foster, Muller, Coxe, Barrow, and Burney. The two 

 voyages of Christopher in 1761 and 1762, of Wilder in 1772, and 

 of Swaine in 1753, are not noticed, I beheve, by any of the above 

 authors. Christopher''s voyages are mentioned in Goldson's Obser- 

 vations on the Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, 

 and in Macpherson's Annals of Commerce, vol. iii. p. 362 : Wil- 

 der's voyage is also given by Macpherson, vol. iii. p. 527 ; and 

 several pai-ticulars respecting Swaine's voyage, are contained in the 

 Gentleman's Magazine, vol. xxiv. p. 46. 



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