Instances of navigators who have reached high northern latitudes. Read at a meeting of the Royal Society, May 19, 1774.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[London],
[publisher not identified] ;
[1775]
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| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Item Description: | Signed on pp.13 and 48: Daines Barrington, F.R.S. Drop-head title. Includes: "Additional proofs that the polar seas are open. Read at a meeting of the Royal Society, Dec. 22, 1774" (pp.[15]-48) and a postscript dated January 8, 1775 (pp.49-51). Later reissued in 1775 as 'The probability of reaching the North Pole discussed' with additional material. Reproduction of original from the Harvard University Houghton Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 51, 1 unnumbered page ; 4⁰. |