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The Lands of Silence

The Lands of Silence

by Sir Clements R. Markham

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Author
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916
Title
The lands of silence : A history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1921.
Credits
Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
Subject
Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71127
Release Date
July 5, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE LANDS OF SILENCE
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.PART I
  6. 6.CHAPTER I THE ARCTIC REGIONS
  7. 7.CHAPTER II ICE AND ICEBERGS — Antarctic Ice.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III TRIBES AROUND THE POLE
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV ULTIMA THULE
  10. 10.CHAPTER V FIRST CROSSING OF THE THRESHOLD
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI THE NORSEMEN IN GREENLAND
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII NICHOLAS OF LYNN. ZENO. MEDIEVAL NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII FIRST ENGLISH VOYAGES TO THE NORTH-EAST. WILLOUGHBY. CHANCELLOR. BURROUGH. PET
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX BARENTSZ. LINSCHOTEN. DE VEER
  15. 15.CHAPTER X SIR MARTIN FROBISHER
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI JOHN DAVIS
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII THE MERCHANT ADVENTURERS AND RICHARD HAKLUYT
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII GREENLAND VOYAGE OF HALL AND BAFFIN
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV EARLY SPITSBERGEN VOYAGES
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV EARLY VOYAGES TO HUDSON’S BAY Knight—Hudson—Button and the North-West Company
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI WILLIAM BAFFIN
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII JENS ERIKSEN MUNK. FOXE AND JAMES. WOOD
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII HANS EGEDE AND DANISH GREENLAND
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY. HEARNE AND MACKENZIE, COOK AND PHIPPS
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX RUSSIAN ARCTIC DISCOVERIES
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI THE BRITISH WHALE FISHERY AND THE SCORESBYS
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII BUCHAN AND ROSS
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII PARRY AND HIS SCHOOL
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH COAST OF AMERICA. FRANKLIN—RICHARDSON—BACK—DEASE—SIMPSON—RAE
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV JOHN ROSS, JAMES ROSS, AND THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. I.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. II.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX DISCOVERY OF THE FATE OF FRANKLIN
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX THE EAST COAST OF GREENLAND. SCORESBY—CLAVERING—GRAAH—KOLDEWEY
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI SPITSBERGEN EXPEDITIONS BEFORE 1872
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII FRANZ JOSEF LAND AND ITS EXPLORERS
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII THE ROUTE BY SMITH SOUND. KANE—HAYES—HALL—NARES—MARKHAM
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV SIR ALLEN YOUNG AND THE PANDORA . AMUNDSEN AND THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV WEYPRECHT’S PLAN FOR SYNCHRONOUS OBSERVATIONS. THE GREELY EXPEDITION
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI THE NORTH EAST PASSAGE — NORDENSKIÖLD — WIGGINS — DE LONG
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII GREENLAND AND ITS INLAND ICE—NORDENSKIÖLD, NANSEN, PEARY
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII THE TRANS-POLAR DRIFT. NANSEN AND THE VOYAGE OF THE FRAM
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX THE PARRY ARCHIPELAGO—SVERDRUP
  45. 45.CHAPTER XL ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTH POLE. CAGNI—COOK—PEARY
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLI KOOLEMANS BEYNEN AND THE VOYAGES OF THE WILLEM BARENTSZ . SIR MARTIN CONWAY AND SPITSBERGEN. CAPTAIN BERNIER AND CANADIAN ARCTIC LANDS
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLII EAST COAST OF GREENLAND—DANISH EXPEDITIONS
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLIII LATER GREENLAND EXPLORATIONS—MIKKELSEN, RASMUSSEN—KOCH — Mikkelsen — Rasmussen — Koch
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLIV CONCLUSION
  50. 50.PART II THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLV THE GREAT SOUTHERN CONTINENT
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLVI CAPTAIN COOK—BELLINGSHAUSEN
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLVII THE SOUTH SHETLANDS. FOSTER—WEDDELL
  54. 54.CHAPTER XLVIII ENDERBY AND HIS CAPTAINS: BISCOE—KEMPE—BALLENY
  55. 55.CHAPTER XLIX DUMONT D’URVILLE AND WILKES
  56. 56.CHAPTER L FIRST ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS
  57. 57.CHAPTER LI SECOND ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS
  58. 58.CHAPTER LII THIRD ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS
  59. 59.CHAPTER LIII ANTARCTIC OCEANOGRAPHY
  60. 60.CHAPTER LIV REVIVAL OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION
  61. 61.CHAPTER LV PRIVATE EXPEDITIONS—BORCHGREVINK—GERLACHE—NORDENSKIÖLD—BRUCE—DRYGALSKI—CHARCOT—FILCHNER — Borchgrevink — De Gerlache — Nordenskiöld — Bruce — Drygalski — Charcot — Filchner
  62. 62.CHAPTER LVI PREPARATIONS FOR THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
  63. 63.CHAPTER LVII THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION First Year.
  64. 64.CHAPTER LVIII THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION The Morning
  65. 65.CHAPTER LIX THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Second Year.
  66. 66.CHAPTER LX SHACKLETON’S ATTEMPT TO REACH THE POLE
  67. 67.CHAPTER LXI AMUNDSEN’S JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH POLE
  68. 68.CHAPTER LXII MAWSON’S EXPEDITION
  69. 69.CHAPTER LXIII CAPTAIN SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION I.
  70. 70.CHAPTER LXIV CAPTAIN SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION The End
  71. 71.CHAPTER LXV REMAINING ANTARCTIC WORK
  72. 72.CHRONOLOGY OF POLAR VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS — I. Arctic — II. Antarctic (including near approaches to Antarctic Circle)
  73. 73.BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF POLAR VOYAGES AND TRAVELS — II. Antarctic
  74. 74.FOOTNOTES
  75. 75.INDEX
  76. 76.Transcriber’s Notes

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