Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and round the World Being Personal Narratives of Attempts to Reach the North and South Poles
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
- PART III VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND THE CREWS OF H.M.S. “EREBUS” AND “TERROR.”
- PART IV AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- CHAPTER I Early life—Career as medical student—Entering the navy
- CHAPTER II First voyage to the West Indies—Arrival at Barbadoes—Invalided—Return home in H.M.S. Icarus
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV Return—Promoted—Study botany—A year's leave—Appointed to the Hyacinth
- CHAPTER V To the West Indies again—Chase of a Slaver off Nassau—Again invalided—Return in the Arachne home
- CHAPTER VI A year on half-pay—Attend Professor Jameson's Course of Lectures on Natural History at the Edinburgh University
- CHAPTER VII Voyage to South America—Cape de Verde Islands—St. Paul's Rocks—Bahia—Rio Janeiro—Return
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX Third voyage to the West Indies—The yellow fever—At Havanha—Invalided home
- CHAPTER X Four years on half-pay—Pedestrian tours through England and Wales—Visit to Dublin—Appointment to the Terror—Ship paid off
- CHAPTER XI Fourth walking tour—West of England and Wales—Ascent of Cader Idris—A balloon on her Majesty's Coronation Day
- CHAPTER XII In the Lake district—Ascent of Skiddaw and Helvellyn—A rough walk to Ambleside
- CHAPTER XIII Appointed to the Erebus for the Antarctic Expedition—The Queen's. Levée—Final arrangements—Departure
- CHAPTER XIV On half-pay again, 1843—Applications for promotion—Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons—Appointed to the yacht William and Mary
- CHAPTER XV Transferred to the Fisguard frigate—Unfair treatment by the Director-general—Sir Gordon Bremer—Am superseded
- CHAPTER XVI The Auckland Whaling Company—My plans for a Franklin Search expedition—Lady Franklin's approval —A holiday on the continent
- CHAPTER XVII Plan of boat voyage brought before the House of Commons—Plan rejected by the Admiralty—Cross purposes
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE WARD HUNT, M.P. First Lord of the Admiralty, &c
- REPLY
- APPENDIX PLANS OF SEARCH, ADMIRALTY CORRESPONDENCE, AND TESTIMONIALS
- INDEX
CHAPTER IV - Return—Promoted—Study botany—A year's leave—Appointed to the Hyacinth
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
- PART III VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND THE CREWS OF H.M.S. “EREBUS” AND “TERROR.”
- PART IV AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- CHAPTER I Early life—Career as medical student—Entering the navy
- CHAPTER II First voyage to the West Indies—Arrival at Barbadoes—Invalided—Return home in H.M.S. Icarus
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV Return—Promoted—Study botany—A year's leave—Appointed to the Hyacinth
- CHAPTER V To the West Indies again—Chase of a Slaver off Nassau—Again invalided—Return in the Arachne home
- CHAPTER VI A year on half-pay—Attend Professor Jameson's Course of Lectures on Natural History at the Edinburgh University
- CHAPTER VII Voyage to South America—Cape de Verde Islands—St. Paul's Rocks—Bahia—Rio Janeiro—Return
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX Third voyage to the West Indies—The yellow fever—At Havanha—Invalided home
- CHAPTER X Four years on half-pay—Pedestrian tours through England and Wales—Visit to Dublin—Appointment to the Terror—Ship paid off
- CHAPTER XI Fourth walking tour—West of England and Wales—Ascent of Cader Idris—A balloon on her Majesty's Coronation Day
- CHAPTER XII In the Lake district—Ascent of Skiddaw and Helvellyn—A rough walk to Ambleside
- CHAPTER XIII Appointed to the Erebus for the Antarctic Expedition—The Queen's. Levée—Final arrangements—Departure
- CHAPTER XIV On half-pay again, 1843—Applications for promotion—Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons—Appointed to the yacht William and Mary
- CHAPTER XV Transferred to the Fisguard frigate—Unfair treatment by the Director-general—Sir Gordon Bremer—Am superseded
- CHAPTER XVI The Auckland Whaling Company—My plans for a Franklin Search expedition—Lady Franklin's approval —A holiday on the continent
- CHAPTER XVII Plan of boat voyage brought before the House of Commons—Plan rejected by the Admiralty—Cross purposes
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE WARD HUNT, M.P. First Lord of the Admiralty, &c
- REPLY
- APPENDIX PLANS OF SEARCH, ADMIRALTY CORRESPONDENCE, AND TESTIMONIALS
- INDEX
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- Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and round the WorldBeing Personal Narratives of Attempts to Reach the North and South Poles, pp. 200 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1884