Journal of a Voyage of Discovery in the Pacific and Beering's Straits : on board H.M.S. Blossom / by James Wolfe, 1825-1828.

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Journal of a Voyage of Discovery in the Pacific and Beering's Straits : on board H.M.S. Blossom / by James Wolfe, 1825-1828.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126659

The journal describes the 1825-28 voyage of the ship Blossom from Spithead, Isle of Wright to Cape Horn, Chile, the Society and Hawaiian islands, then Kamchatka and the Bering Sea. The ship went back by way of California, Hawaii, the Philipines, and China. The ship continues through Awats Bay, Bering Strait, to San Francisco, Mexico, Chile, around Cape Horn to Brazil, the Azores,and Spithead. Appendices include notes of Blossom's other voyages, an Esquimaux vocabulary, and star and weather readings.

264 p. : plans, charts, illus., tables ; 28 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856

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1806 joined the Royal Navy; 1806-1814 served in the Napoleonic Wars; 1814 appointed to the Tonnant, flagship of Sir Alexander Cochrane, commander-in-chief in North America; 1815 served in the boat operations on the lower Mississippi; 1815 lieutenant; 1818 appointed to the hired brig Trent, served on the Arctic expedition; 1819 appointed to the Hecla, served on a second voyage through the Arctic; 1821-1822 appointed to the survey ship, Adventure and participated in the survey of the ...

Wolfe, James, 1801?-1848.

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James Wolfe (1807-1848), admiralty mate. From the description of Journal of a Voyage of Discovery in the Pacific and Beering's Straits : on board H.M.S. Blossom / by James Wolfe, 1825-1828. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126659 ...

Blossom (Ship)

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