A voyage to Spitzbergen

A voyage to Spitzbergen - containing an account of that country, of the zoology of the North;...
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Author: Laing, John (Surgeon)
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Language: English
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A voyage to Spitzbergen

A voyage to Spitzbergen

€6,34

A voyage to Spitzbergen

€6,34
Author: Laing, John (Surgeon)
Format: eBook
Language: English

A voyage to Spitzbergen - containing an account of that country, of the zoology of the North; of the Shetland Islands; and of the whale fishery

The Journal I kept when on board the Resolution in 1806, is taken as the basis of the subsequent little Work. It may, however, be looked upon as containing the observations I made both in 1806 and 1807, as I have engrossed into the Narration whatever I observed of consequence the following year. In the year 1806, being at the University of Edinburgh, an advertisement was put on the College Gate, by Messrs. P. and C. Wood, merchants, Leith, intimating that a surgeon was wanted for the ship Resolution of Whitby, Yorkshire, engaged in the North Sea whale-fishery. Whitby is a thriving sea-port in the North Riding of Yorkshire, situated on the mouth of the river Esk. It is chiefly celebrated for the manufacture of canvas, and for the extensive alum works in its neighbourhood. Its harbour is the best on this coast, and has a fine pier; but it has no river communication with the interior country. Behind the pier is a battery which mounts twelve eighteen-pounders. This town was formerly noted for its Abbey, of which some ruins still remaining testify its ancient magnificence. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 51131
Author: Laing, John (Surgeon)
Release Date: Feb 5, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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