KAXSEN’S POLAR EXPEDITION 
101 
Western Hemisphere. 
Commander. 
Date. 
N. lat. 
Long. 
Locality. 
John Davis 
June 30, 1587 
72° 12^ 
56° AV. 
AA'. Greenland. 
Henry H udson .... 
June 20, 1607 
73° 
20° AV. 
Off E. Greenland. 
William Baffin .... 
July 4, 1616 
77° 45' 
72° AV. 
Smith sound. 
E. A. Inglefleld., . . 
Aug. 27, 1852 
78° 21' 
74° AV. 
Smith sound. 
E. K. Kane 
June 24, 1854 
80° 10' 
67° AV. 
Cape Constitution, 
Greenland, by 
Alorton. 
C. F. Hall 
Aug. 30, 1870 
82° 11' 
61° AV. 
Frozen sea. 
C. F. Hall 
June 30, 1871 
82° 07' 
59° AV. 
Greenland, by Ser- 
geant Aleyer, Sig- 
nal Corps, U. S. 
Armv. 
G. S. Nares 
Sept. 25, 1875 
82° 48' 
65° AV. 
Grinnell Land, by 
Aldrich. 
G. S. Nares 
May 12, 1876 
83° 20' 
65° AV. 
Frozen sea, by A. 
II. Markham. 
A. AV. Greely 
May 13, 1882 
83° 24' 
41° AV. 
New Land, north 
of Greenland, by 
Lockwood and 
Brainard. 
Doiiljtless the name of some whaler should follow that of Baffin 
in the above list, but the inexactitude of most high latitudes re- 
ported by whalers is well known. Possibly the re})orted north- 
ing of Lambert, 78^ degrees north, in 1G70, on the east Greenland 
coast, may have exceeded Ingiefield’s exact latitude of 78° 21'. 
Sweden holds the ship^s record in the old world, but Parry beat 
it by boats. It will be noted that England held the honors of 
the farthest north through Hudson, 1607 ; Phipps, 1773; Parry, 
1827, and Nares, by Aldrich, 1875, and by Markham, 1876. This 
record, unlu’oken for 275 years, ]iassed to the United States 
through the efforts of the International Polar Expedition, under 
Lieutenant Greely, which, liy Lockwood and Brainard, reached 
83° 24', the most northerly point, whether on sea or land, ever 
attained by man, which Nansen or .lackson may jiossibly exeeb 
Aiming other Ingh latitudes attained, but not pertinent to this 
tal)le, are the following: Ha}’es, about 80° 10', in 1861 ; .Tack- 
son, 81° 20', in 18‘.15 ; Peary, 81° 37', in 1801 and 1805; Beau- 
mont, 82° 21', in 1876; Pavey (with Greely), 82° 54', in 1882, 
and .Aldrich, 83° 07', in 1876. 
