BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF POLAR VOYAGES AND TRAVELS
[Limited to narratives of general interest, no attempt being made to include special reports and memoirs on scientific results.]
Abruzzi, Duke of the. Farther North than Nansen; being the voyage of the Polar Star. Illustrations. La. 8o. 1901.
Amundsen, Roald. The North-West Passage; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the Ship Gjöa, 1903–1907. 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1908.
Back, Sir G. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River ... in 1833–35. Map and illustrations. 8o. 1836.
Baffin, William. The Voyages of W. B., 1612–22. Ed. by Sir Clements R. Markham. (Hakluyt Society Publication, No. 63.) Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1881.
Barents, Willem. The Three Voyages of W. B. to the Arctic Regions in 1594–96. By Gerrit de Veer. Ed. by Lieut. Koolemans Beynen. (Hakluyt Society Publication, No. 54.) 2nd ed. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1876.
—— Reizen van W. B., Jacob van Heemskerck, Jan Corneliz Rijp, en Anderen ... verhaald door Gerrit de Veer, uitgeg. door S.P. L’Honoré Naber. (Werken uitgeg. door De Linschoten Vereeniging, XIV, XV.) 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. La. 8o. The Hague, 1917.
Barrow, Sir John. Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions.... Map. 8o. 1818.
—— Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, from the year 1818 to the Present Time.... Maps and portraits. 8o. 1846.
Beechey, Capt. F. W. Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in H.M.SS. Dorothea and Trent, 1818. Map and illustrations. 8o. 1843.
Belcher, Sir Edward. The Last of the Arctic Voyages; being a narrative of the Expedition in H.M.S. Assistance ... 1852–54. 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. La. 8o. 1855.
Bernier, Capt. J. E. Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Arctic Lands ... on board the C.G.S. Arctic, 1906–1907. Map and illustrations. La. 8o, Ottawa, 1909.
Christy, Miller. See [Foxe, Luke].
Collinson, Sir Richard. Journal of H.M.S. Enterprise, on the Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin’s Ships by Behring Strait, 1850–55.... Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1889.
Conway, Sir W. M. and others. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. Maps and illustrations. La. 8o. 1897.
—— No Man’s Land: a History of Spitsbergen.... Maps and illustrations. La. 8o. Cambridge, 1906.
Davis, John. The Voyages and Works of J. D. the Navigator. Ed. by Sir A. H. Markham. (Hakluyt Society Publication, No. 59.) Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1880.
De Long, George W. The Voyage of the Jeannette.... Ed. by Emma De Long. 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. 1883.
Ellis, Henry. Voyage to Hudson’s Bay ... in 1746–47. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1748.
Fiala, A. Fighting the Polar Ice. Map and illustrations. La. 8o. 1907.
Fox, Capt. Luke. North-west Fox; or, Fox from the North-west Passage.... Maps and diagram, sm. 4o. 1635.
—— The Voyages of Capt. Luke Fox and Capt. Thomas James in search of a N.W. Passage. With narratives of the earlier North-west voyages of Frobisher, Davis, Weymouth, Hall, Knight, Hudson, Button, Gibbons, Bylot, Baffin, Hawkridge, and others. Ed. by Miller Christy. (Hakluyt Society Publications, Nos. 88, 89.) 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1894.
Franklin, Sir John. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in 1819–22. Maps and illustrations. 4o. 1823.
—— Narrative of a Second Expedition ... 1825, 1826 and 1827. Maps and illustrations. 4o. 1828.
Frobisher, Sir Martin. The Three Voyages of Sir M. F.... By George Best. Ed. by Sir R. Collinson. (Hakluyt Society Publication, No. 38.) Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1867.
Greely, Gen. Adolphus W. Three Years of Arctic Service; an account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881–84. 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. La. 8o. 1886.
—— Handbook of Polar Discoveries. 4th ed. Maps. 8o. 1910.
Hakluyt, Richard. The Principal Navigations ... of the English Nation.... 3 vols. Sm. Folio. 1599–1600.
[Also reprint in 12 vols. 8o. Glasgow, 1903–1905.]
Hall, Charles, F. Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition ... to Repulse Bay, etc., etc., 1864–69. Ed. by J. E. Nourse. Maps and illustrations. 4o. Washington, 1879.
—— Narrative of the North Polar Expedition, U.S. Ship Polaris.... Ed. by Rear-Adm. C. F. Davis. Maps and illustrations. 4o. Washington, 1876.
Hayes, Isaac I. The Open Polar Sea:... Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole in the Schooner United States. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1867.
Heemskerck. See [Barents].
Hudson, Henry. H. H. the Navigator. Original Documents.... Collected ... by G. M. Aster. (Hakluyt Society Publication, No. 27.) Maps. 8o. 1860.
Jackson, Frederick George. A Thousand Days in the Arctic. 2 vols. Maps. La. 8o. 1899.
James, Capt. Thomas. The Strange and dangerous Voyage of, in his intended discovery of the North-west Passage into the South Sea.... Map. Sm. 4o. 1633.
—— See [Fox, Luke].
Johnson, Henry. The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1907.
Kane, Elisha Kent. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. Map and illustrations. New York, 1853.
—— Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition ... 1853–55. 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. 8o. Philadelphia, 1856.
Koldewey, Karl. The German Arctic Expedition of 1869–70. [Translated from the German.] Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1874.
Kotzebue, Otto von. A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits. 3 vols. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1821.
Lütke, Friedrich. Viermalige Reise durch das nördl. Eismeer ... 1821–24. [From the Russian.] 2 vols. Map (separate). 8o. Berlin, 1835.
M’Clintock, Sir Leopold. The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas. [Various eds.] Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1859, etc.
M’Clure, Capt. Robert C. M. See [Osborn, Sherard].
Markham, Adm. Sir Albert H. The Great Frozen Sea.... Voyage of the Alert. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1878.
Markham, Sir Clements R. See [Baffin].
Middleton, Christopher. Attempts made for the Discovery of a passage into the South Seas by the North-west.... (In Harris’s Collection of Voyages, vol. 2, 1748.)
Mikkelsen, Einar. Conquering the Arctic Ice. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1909.
—— Lost in the Arctic.... Alabama Expedition, 1909–12. Maps and illustrations. La. 8o. 1913.
Mulgrave, Lord. See [Phipps].
Müller, G. F. Voyages et Découvertes faites par les Russes le long des Côtes de la Mer Glaciale. 2 vols. Map. Sm. 8o. Amsterdam, 1766.
Munk, Jens, and others. Danish Arctic Expeditions, 1605–20. Ed. by C. C. A. Gosch. 2 vols. (Vol. 2: The Expedition of Capt. Jens Munk to Hudson’s Bay ... in 1619–20.) (Hakluyt Society Publications, Nos. 96, 97.) Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1897.
Nansen, Fridtjof. The First Crossing of Greenland. 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1890.
—— Farthest North.... Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram, 1893–96. 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. La. 8o. 1897.
—— In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in early times. 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. La. 8o. 1911.
Nares, Sir George. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–76.... 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. 1878.
Nathorst, A. G. Två Somrar i Norra Ishafvet. 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. Stockholm, 1900.
Nordenskiöld, Baron A. E. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe. 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1881.
Osborn, Capt. Sherard. The Discovery of the North-west Passage by H.M.S. Investigator, by Capt. R. M’Clure, 1850–54. Ed. by Comm. S. Osborn. Map and illustrations. 8o. 1856.
Parry, Adm. Sir W. E. Journal of a voyage for the Discovery of a N.W. Passage ... in 1819–20. Maps and illustrations. 4o. 1821.
—— Journal of a Second Voyage ... in 1821–23. Maps and illustrations. Appendix to same. Illustrations. 4o. 1824.
—— Journal of a Third Voyage ... in 1824–25. Maps and illustrations. 4o. 1826.
—— Narrative of an Attempt to reach the North Pole ... in 1827. Maps and illustrations. 4o. 1828.
Payer, Julius von. New Lands within the Arctic Circle.... Discoveries of the Tegetthoff, 1872–74. 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1876.
Peary, Robert Edwin. Northward over the ‘Great Ice.’ 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. 8o. 1898.
—— Nearest the Pole. Maps and illustrations. La. 8o. 1907.
—— The North Pole. Map and illustrations. La. 8o. 1910.
Phipps, Capt. Constantine John (Afterwards Lord Mulgrave). A Voyage towards the North Pole ... 1773. Maps and illustrations. 4o. 1774.
Purchas, Samuel. Purchas his Pilgrimes. 4 vols. Maps and illustrations. Folio. 1625.
Rae, Dr John. Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847. Maps. 8o. 1850.
Ross, Sir John. Voyage of Discovery in H.M. Ships Isabella and Alexander. Maps and illustrations. 4o. 1819.
—— Narrative of a Second Voyage in search of a N.W. Passage ... including the reports of Capt. J. C. Ross. Maps and illustrations. 4o. Appendix to same. Illustrations. 4o. 1835.
Sverdrup, Otto. New Land. Four Years in the Arctic Regions. (Translated from the Norwegian.) 2 vols. Maps and illustrations. La. 8o. 1904.
Veer, Gerrit de. See [Barents].
Wiggins, Joseph. See [Johnson, Henry].
Wood, Capt. J. Attempt to discover a North-east Passage to China and Japan (in ‘Account of several late Voyages and discoveries,’ 8o. 1711).
Wrangel, Ferdinand von. Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea in 1820–23. Ed. by Major E. Sabine. [From the German.] Map. 8o. 1840.
Young, Sir Allen. Cruise of the Pandora. Map and illustrations. 8o. 1876.