THE VOYAGES AND EXPEDITIONS OF CAPTAINS ROSS, PARRY, & FRANKLIN, IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. DETAILING, THE PARTICULARS OF CAPTAIN ROSS'S FIRST VOYAGE, IN 1818. AND THE SUBSEQUENT VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN PARRY, IN THE SAME PERILOUS ENTERPRISE: THE DISCOVERY OF A SINGULAR RACE OF EXQUIMAUX, THEIR PECULIAR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, AND MODE OF LIFE OF THE CAPTAIN AND CREW, IN THOSE DREARY REGIONS OF ETERNAL ICE AND SNOW. CAPTAIN FRANKLIN'S OVERLAND EXPEDITION OF 5450 MILES, PRINCIPALLY ON FOOT: AND CAPTAIN ROSS'S SECOND AND LAST VOYAGE; THE LOSS OF HIS SHIP AMONG THE ICE, AND RESIDENCE THERE DURING THREE SUCCESSIVE WINTERS: WITH THEIR ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE BY THE ISABELLA WHALE-SHIP. SECOND EDITION. By W. H. BISHOP. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY DEAN & MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET. Price Six-pence. |