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Narrative of an Expedition in H.M.S. Terror, undertaken with a view to geographical discovery on the Arctic shores, in the years 1836-7 ... Illustrated by a map and plates

Name: Narrative of an Expedition in H.M.S. Terror, undertaken with a view to geographical discovery on the Arctic shores, in the years 1836-7 ... Illustrated by a map and plates
Author: George Back

George Back · 1838 · Scanned text

110,392 words · about 7 h 44 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845

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Licence: PDM · British Library Digitised Books dataset db14 (doi 10.21250/db14) marks the OCR texts CC Public Domain Mark 1.0 (c. 1510-c. 1900 publications); text+metadata JSONL release doi 10.23636/r7w6-zy15 is CC0 1.0. Public Domain Mark is a status label, not a new copyright licence. · Digitised by the British Library (with Microsoft). Text: British Library Digitised Books, CC Public Domain Mark 1.0.

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Author: George Back
Language: English
Published: 1838
Length: 110,392 words · about 7 h 44 min
Sections: 3 reader sections
Source: British Library (000163222)
Text: Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0

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Front matter under 1 min
Chapter I about 7 h 38 min
Appendix about 5 min

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NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION IN H.M.S. TERROR, UNDERTAKEN WITH A VIEW TO GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY ON THE ARCTIC SHORES, IN THE WEARS 1836-7. BY CAPTAIN BACK, R.N. COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY A MAP AND PLATES. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXXXVIII. London : Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-Street- Square. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GLENELG, HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, &c. &c. &c. THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE ARCTIC SHORES, IS, WITH SINCERE RESPECT, DEDICATED BY HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST OBEDIENT AND VERY HUMBLE SERVANT, GEORGE BACK. CONTENTS. Preliminary Chapter Page 1

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