Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Seas, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827

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Author

Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865

Title

Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827

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Produced by Carlo Traverso, Adam Styles and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)

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English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Northwest, Canadian -- Discovery and exploration -- British

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eBook-No.

33467

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33467

Release Date

August 19, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.N A R R A T I V E — OF A SECOND EXPEDITION — TO THE SHORES OF — T H E P O L A R S E A, — 1825, 1826, AND 1827,
2. 2.BY JOHN FRANKLIN, — INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF A DETACHMENT TO THE EASTWARD, — BY JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. — PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COLONIAL AFFAIRS.
3. 3.Philadelphia: — CAREY, LEA, AND CAREY—CHESNUT STREET. — 1828. — THE EARL BATHURST, K.G., — NARRATIVE OF A SECOND JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF AMERICA, — THE AUTHOR.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.APPENDIX.
6. 6.INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
7. 7.OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS. — SECOND JOURNEY TO THE SHORES
8. 8.THE POLAR SEA.
9. 9.CHAPTER I. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER II. — TRANSACTIONS AT FORT FRANKLIN, 1825-26. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER III.
12. 12.CHAPTER IV.
13. 13.CHAPTER V. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER I. — FOOTNOTES: — CONTINUATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE EASTERN DETACHMENT.
15. 15.CHAPTER II. — FOOTNOTES: — CONTINUATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE EASTERN DETACHMENT.
16. 16.CHAPTER III. — FOOTNOTES: — PROCEEDINGS OF THE EASTERN DETACHMENT CONCLUDED.
17. 17.CHAPTER IV. — FOOTNOTES: — CAPTAIN FRANKLIN'S NARRATIVE RESUMED.
18. 18.CHAPTER VI. — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.APPENDIX. — TOPOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL NOTICES, — JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D., F.R.S., &c. — GREAT BEAR LAKE. — PRIMITIVE ROCKS.—GREAT BEAR LAKE. — LIMESTONE.—GREAT BEAR LAKE. — ALUMINOUS SHALE.—GREAT BEAR LAKE. — VICINITY OF FORT FRANKLIN, GREAT BEAR LAKE. — BEAR LAKE RIVER—SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE. — LIGNITE FORMATION.—MACKENZIE'S RIVER. — NOTICES OF OTHER LIGNITE FORMATIONS. — MACKENZIE RIVER FROM SLAVE LAKE TO THE BASE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. — ROCKY MOUNTAINS. — MACKENZIE RIVER FROM THE FIRST SIGHT OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO BEAR LAKE RIVER. — MACKENZIE RIVER FROM BEAR LAKE RIVER TO THE NARROWS. — MACKENZIE RIVER BELOW "THE NARROWS." — ALLUVIAL ISLANDS AT THE MOUTH OF THE MACKENZIE. — SEA-COAST.—BITUMINOUS ALUM SHALE. — SEA COAST.—LIMESTONE. — SEA-COAST.—FORMATION OF SLATE-CLAY, SANDSTONE, AND LIMESTONE, WITH TRAP-ROCKS. — SEA COAST.—LIMESTONE. — FORMATION SIMILAR TO THAT AT CAPE LYON. — COPPER MOUNTAINS. — EASTERN CHAIN OF PRIMITIVE ROCKS. — LIMESTONE OF LAKE WINIPEG. — LIMESTONE OF THE ELK AND SLAVE RIVERS. — FOOTNOTES: — TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

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