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OF

DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH

WITHIN

THE ARCTIC REGIONS,

FROM THE YEAR 1818 TO THE PRESENT TIME:

UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE

SEVERAL NAVAL OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY SEA AND LAND

IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC;
WITH TWO ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTH POLE.

ABRIDGED AND ARRANGED FROM THE OFFICIAL NARRATIVES,

WITH OCCASIONAL REMARKS.

BY SIR JOHN BARROW, BART., F.R.S.,

AN.ET. 82,

AUTHOR OF A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF VOYAGES INTO THE ARCTIC REGIONS.'

WITH PORTRAIT AND MAPS.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1846.

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