Hayes, Hall, and Nares, 1853-1876. Written by himself. Translated from the Eskimo language by Henry Rink. Edited by George Stephens (Lond., 1878). The book is said to be the unaided production of this famous Arctic companion of Kane and his successors. NOTE. The map opposite is from Osborn's Discovery of a Northwest Passage (Edinb., 1865), involving McClure's discoveries, and corrected to 1859 by Osborn. There is in Osborn's Stray Leaves a map showing the track of the "Pioneer" in 1851-52. * After map in Dr. Hayes' Arctic Boat Journey (Boston, 1868). *The centre of the chart of the Arctic regions, in Hayes' Arctic Boat Journey (Boston, 1860). Cf. the map in Richardson's Polar Regions (1861). 1 Cf. the private journal of an officer of the "Fox," published in the Cornhill Mag. (Jan., 1860); The Little Fox, the Story of McClintock's Arctic Expedition (London, 1870, 1875); and Sherard Osborn's Career, * Reduction of a sketch map in M'Clintock's Voyage of the Fox (London, 1859). CIRCUMPOLAR MAP, SHOWING ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTHERN POLE.* Franklinischen Katastrophe," marking the position of the graves and other spots associated with the Franklin party. The modern efforts to reach the Pole as a distinct aim began on the side of Spitzbergen in the voyage recorded in Captain Constantine John Phipps's Voyage towards the North Pole, undertaken by his Majesty's command, 1773 (London, 1774), which is also included in Pinkerton's Voyages, vol. i. The admiralty was induced to dispatch Phipps largely through the recommendation of the Royal Society, moved thereto by Daines Barrington, whose somewhat credulous * Reproduced from A. H. Markham's Northward Ho! (1879). |