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- [Voyages for the discovery of a northwest passage, 1819-1825 ; and, Narrative of an attempt to reach the North pole, 1827
- A Short narrative and justification of the proceedings of the committee appointed by the Adventurers, to prosecute the discovery of the passage to the western ocean of America
- A brief narrative of an unsuccessful attempt to reach Repulse Bay, through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's ship Griper, in the year MDCCCXXIV
- A journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific ocean, and in quest of a north-west passage, between Asia & America : performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779
- A journey from the Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson's bay, to the Northern ocean : undertaken by order of the Hudson's bay company, for the discovery of copper mines, a northwest passage, &c., in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772
- A letter from a Russian sea-officer, to a person of distinction at the court of St. Petersburgh : containing his remarks upon Mr. de l'Isle's chart and memoir, relative to the new discoveries northward and eastward from Kamtschatka. Together with Some observations on that letter
- A letter to John Barrow, esq., F.R.S., on the late extraordinary and unexpected hyperborean discoveries
- A personal narrative of the discovery of the northwest passage : with numerous incidents of travel and adventure during nearly five years' continuous service in the Arctic regions while in search of the expedition under Sir John Franklin
- A rejoinder to Mr. Dobbs's reply to Captain Middleton ...
- A true reporte of the laste voyage into the west and northwest regions &c., 1577, worthily atchieved by Capteine Frobisher of the sayde voyage the first finder and generall : with a description of the people there inhabiting, and other circumstances notable
- A vindication of the conduct of Captain Christopher Middleton, in a late voyage on board His Majesty's ship the Furnace, for discovering a north-west passage ... : in answer to certain objections and aspersions of Arthur Dobbs ...
- A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the world : in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed : undertaken by His Majesty's command principally with a view to ascertain the existence of any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans : and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, in the Discovery sloop of war, and armed tender Chatham
- A voyage of discovery, into the south sea and Beering's straits : for the purpose of exploring a north-east passage, undertaken in the years 1815-1818, at the expense of His Highness ... Count Romanzoff, in the ship Rurick, under the command of the lieutenant in the Russian imperial navy, Otto von Kotzebue
- A voyage of discovery, made under the order of the Admirality, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage
- An Account of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage by Hudson's Streights , to the western and southern ocean of America : performed in the year 1746 and 1747, in the ship California, Capt. Francis Smith, Commander
- An account of the countries adjoining to Hudson's bay, in the north-west part of America : containing a description of their lakes and rivers, the nature of the soil and climates, and their methods of commerce, &c. shewing the benefit to be made by settling colonies, and opening a trade in these parts : whereby the French will be deprived in a great measure of their traffick in furs, and the communication between Canada and Mississippi be cut off : with an abstract of Captain Middleton's journal, and observations upon his behaviour during his voyage, and since his return : to which are added, I. A letter from Bartholomew de Fonte ... giving an account of his voyage from Lima in Peru, to prevent, or seize upon any ships that should attempt to find a north-west passage to the South sea. II. An abstract of all the discoveries which have been publish'd of the islands and countries in and adjoining to the great western ocean between America, India, and China, &c. ... III. The Hudson's bay company's charter. IV. The standard of trade in those parts of America : with an account of the exports and profits made annually by the Hudson's bay company. V. Vocabularies of the languages of several Indian nations adjoining to Hudson's bay : the whole intended to shew the great probability of a north-west passage ...
- An authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty's ships Resolution and Discovery during the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780 : in search of a north-west passage between the continents of Asia and America : including a faithful account of all their discoveries, and the unfortunate death of Captain Cook
- An authentic narrative of a voyage to the Pacific ocean : performed by Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke, in His Britannic Majesty's ships, the Resolution, and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 ... also a large introduction, exhibiting, an account of the several voyages round the globe : with an abstract of the principal expeditions to Hudson's bay, for the discovery of a north-west-passage
- Arctic explorations : the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55
- Arctic rewards and their claimants
- Articles of agreement, for carrying on an expedition : by Hudson's streights, for the discovery of a north-west passage to the western and southern ocean of America : dated March 30, 1745
- De Martini Forbisseri Angli navigatione in regiones occidentis et septentrionis : narratio historica
- Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjacent : collected and published by Richard Hakluyt ... in the year 1582
- Greenland, the adjacent seas, and the north-west passage to the Pacific ocean : illustrated in a voyage to Davis's strait, during the summer of 1817
- Henry Hudson the navigator : the original documents in which his career is recorded
- Journal de M. Miertsching, interprète du capitaine MacClure dans son voyage au pole nord ...
- Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and commander of the expedition
- Journal of a third voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : performed in the years 1824-25 in His Majesty's ships, Hecla and Fury, under the orders of Captain William E. Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and commander of the expedition
- La navigation dv capitaine Martin Forbisher anglois, és regions de west & nordwest, en l'année M.D.LXXVII : contenant les moeurs & façons de viure des peuples, & habitãs d'icelles, avec le portrait de leurs habits & armes, & autres choses memorables & singulieres, du tout incognues par deça
- Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north west passage : and of a residence in the Arctic regions, during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833
- Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the polar expeditions : performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N. F.R.S. &c., in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28
- Narratives of voyages towards the North-west, in search of a passage to Cathay and India, 1496 to 1631 : with selections from the early records of the honourable the East India company and from mss. in the British Museum
- North-west Fox, or, Fox from the North-west Passage
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- Recueil d'arrests et autres pièces pour l'établissement de la Compagnie d'Occident : relation de la baie de Hudson : les navigations de Frobisher, au détroit qui porte son nom
- Reflections on the mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin
- Remarks upon Capt. Middleton's defence : wherein his conduct during his late voyage for discovering a passage from Hudson's-Bay to the South-Sea is impartially examin'd ... whereby it will appear, with the highest probability, that there is such a passage as he went in search of : with an appendix of original papers ...
- Samuel Hearne and the Northwest Passage
- Sir John Franklin : die unternchmungen für seine rettung, und die nordwestliche durchfahrt
- Sir John Franklin and the Arctic regions : showing the progress of British enterprise for the discovery of the North-west Passage during the nineteenth century : with more detailed notices of the recent expeditions in search of the missing vessel under Capt[ain] Sir John Franklin
- Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative of a second voyage in the Victory, in search of a North-west Passage : containing the suppressed facts necessary to a proper understanding of the causes of the failure of the steam machinery of the Victory and a just appreciation of Sir John Ross's character as an officer and a man of science
- The Franklin expedition, or, Considerations on measures for the discovery and relief of our absent adventurers in the Arctic regions
- The Geography of Hudson's bay : being the remarks of Captain W. Coats, in many voyages to that locality, between the years 1727 and 1751 : with an appendix, containing extracts from the log of Capt. Middleton on his voyage for the discovery of the North-west passage, in H.M.S. "Furnace," in 1741-2
- The Great probability of a North West Passage : deduced from observations on the letter of Admiral de Fonte, who sailed from the Callao of Lima on the discovery of a communication between the South Sea and the Atlantic Ocean ... with three explanatory maps
- The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin : a personal narrative
- The career, last voyage, and fate of Captain Sir John Franklin
- The dangerous voyage of Capt. Thomas James, in his intended discovery of a northwest passage into the south sea : wherein the miseries endured, both going, wintering and returning ... are related in this journal of it ... with an appendix concerning the longitude
- The discovery of the North-west Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator," Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854
- The geography of Hudson's Bay : being the remarks of Captain W. Coats in many voyages to that locality between the years 1727 and 1751 : with an appendix containing extracts from the log of Capt. Middleton on his voyage for the discovery of the North-West passage in H.M.S. "Furnace" in 1741-2
- The impracticability of a north-west passage for ships : impartially considered
- The north-west passage : Capt. M'Clure's despatches from Her Majesty's discovery ship, "Investigator," off Point Warren and Cape Bathurst
- The north-west passage, and the plans for the search for Sir John Franklin : a review
- The perilous search for the fabled Northwest Passage in American history
- The polar regions of the western continent explored : embracing a geographical account of Iceland, Greenland, the islands of the frozen sea and the northern parts of the American continent : including a particular description of the countries, the seas, inhabitants and animals of those parts of the world : also, a minute account of the whale fisheries and the dangers attending them : with remarkable adventures of some of the whale fishers, descriptions of Mount Hecla and the other volcanoes of Iceland : together with the adventures, discoveries, dangers and trials of Parry, Franklin, Lyon, and other navigators in those regions
- The possibility of approaching the North pole asserted
- The three voyages of Martin Frobisher, in search of a passage to Cathaia and India by the North-west, A.D. 1576-8 : reprinted from the first edition of Hakluyt's voyages, with selections from manuscript documents in the British Museum and State paper office
- Voyage de découvertes à l'océan Pacifique du Nord et autour du monde : entrepris par ordre de Sa Majesté britannique : exécuté pendant les années 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, & 1795
- Voyage de la mer Atlantique à l'océan Pacifique par le nord-ouest dans la mer Glaciale
- Voyage of discovery in the South Sea, and to Behring's Straits : in search of a north-east passage, undertaken in the years 1815, 16, 17, and 18, in the ship Rurick
- Voyages in the Arctic seas, from 1821 to 1825, for the discovery of a north-west passage to the Pacific Ocean
- Voyages made in the years 1788 and 1789, from China to the N.W. coast of America : with an introductory narrative of a voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka : to which are annexed, observations on the probable existence of a north west passage : and some account of the trade between the north west coast of America and China : and the latter country and Great Britain
- Voyages made in the years 1788 and 1789, from China to the north west coast of America : to which are prefixed, an introductory narrative of a voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka : observations on the probable existence of a north west passage : and some account of the trade between the north west coast of America and China : and the latter country and Great Britain
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