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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.

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