xhi PreUmlnary Chapter. 



I. Chief Arctic Authorities from the revival of Arctic exploration, 1818 to 1845. 



Barrow, Sii- John. "A Cliroiiological Listoiy of A'oyages undertaken chiefly for 

 the i)urpose of discovering a X. E., N. W., or Polar Tassage between the 

 Atlantic and the I'acific. 8°. London, 1818." [This volume contains a 

 s^^lopsis of the ^ oyages made from the early periods of Scandinavian na^i- 

 gation to the revival of the search for the passage under Buchan and Boss, 

 1818. The chief voyages of modern dates summarized are those of Colum- 

 bus (1102), the Cabots (1197), the Cortereals (1502), Cartier (1534), Wil- 

 loughby (1553), Bun-oughs (1556), Frobisher (1576-'78), Pet and Jackman 

 (1580), Gilbert (1583), Davis (1585), Barents (1594-'97), Jas. Hall (1611), 

 Hudson (1607-'10), Bylot and Baffin (1616), Luke Fox (1631), James (1631), 

 :\Iiddlt4on (1741), Hearne (1760-'72), Phipps (1773), Cook (1779), Mackenzie 

 (1789), Kotzebue (1815-'18), John Boss (1818), Buchan (1818).] 



r.arringtou, Hon. D. The possibihty of approaching the Xorth Pole asserted; 

 with an Api)endix by Col. Beaufoy. 8°. London, 1818. 



Buchan, Capt. D. Voyage of discovery towards the i^^. Pole performed in H. M. 

 Ships Dorothea and Trent in 1818 ; edited in 1843 by Captain Beechey, 

 R. N. (Lieut, on the Trent in 1818). 



Boss, Capt. John, 11. X. A voyage of discovery made under orders of the Ad- 

 miralty in her JMajesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander for the purpose of 

 exi)loring Baffin's Bay ami enquiring into the probability of a N. W. passage, 

 isis. 4^. Loudon, 1819. 



risher, A. Journal of a voyage to the Arctic Regions in 1818, in H. M. S. Alex- 

 ander. 8°. London, 1819. 



Scoresby, AV.. juu. .Vn account of the Arctic Regions, with a history and descrip- 

 tion of the Xorthern Whale Fishery. 2 vols. 8°. London, 1820. 



Parry, ('ai)t. W. E. Journal of a voyage for the discoverj^ of a N. W. Passage 

 from tlic Atlantic to the Pacific, 1819-'21, in her Majesty's Ships Hecla and 

 Ci riper. I'. London, 1821. 



Von AN'ran^M'll, Baron F. Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea in 1820. 

 'I'ninslated by Col. Sabine. 



li.sliei. A. .loiiinal of ji voyage of discovery to the Arctic Regions in H. M. S. 

 Ilecia :iim1 (hipei- in ilie years 1819-'20. 8o. London, 1821. 



.louina! of a second voyage for the discovery of a Xortli West passage 



from the Atlantic to the Pacific in his IMajesty's Ships Fury and Hecla, 

 lH21-'23. 40. London, 1824. 



