 | Sir William Edward Parry - 1828 - 310 pages
...soundings with the handleads after we had passed the entrance of Bridport Inlet. At a quarter past nine PM, we had the satisfaction of crossing the meridian of...within the Arctic Circle. In order to commemorate the success which had hitherto attended our exertions, the bluff head-land, which we had just passed,... | |
 | 1855 - 722 pages
...entitled to the sum of £5,000, being the reward offered by Parliament to such of His Majesty's subject* as might succeed in penetrating thus far to the westward within the Arctic circle." The expedition wintered at Melville Island, and it was fully believed by every officer that the remaining... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1846 - 190 pages
...preserve the same line, trusting to the land and the ice ; and after overcoming numerous obstacles, they came to a large island, which they named Melville...hopes of being able to proceed ; but by about the 20th, the young ice began to form rapidly on the surface of the waters, and was prevented only by winds... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1846 - 574 pages
...4th of September Parry observes : — " We had the satisfaction of crossing the meridian of 110°W. from Greenwich, in the latitude of 74° 44' 20", by...thus far to the westward within the Arctic Circle." — p. 7'2. To the bluff head, where the observation was made, the men gave the name of Bounty Cape,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1856 - 874 pages
...Majesty's •hips under my orders became entitled to the sum of 50001., being the reward offered by Parliament to such of His Majesty's subjects as might...thus far to the westward within the Arctic circle." The expedition wintered at Melville Island ; and it was fully believed by every officer that the remaining... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1860 - 338 pages
...bright, as if from ice : whereas, had there been open water dark patches would have been seen in the sky. by which his Majesty's ships, under my orders, became...hopes of being able to proceed : but by about the 20th, the young ice began to form rapidly on the surface of the waters, and was prevented only by winds... | |
 | Georg Ludwig Hartwig - 1869 - 614 pages
...reached 110° W. long., they were entitled to the king's bounty of 5,000?., secured by order of coimcil to ' such of His Majesty's subjects as might succeed in penetrating thus far to the west within the Arctic Circle.' After passing and naming Melville Island, a little progress was still... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1869 - 500 pages
...reached 110° W. long., they were entitled to the king's bounty of £5000, secured by order of council to " such of His Majesty's subjects as might succeed in penetrating thus far to the west within the Arctic Circle." After passing and naming Melville Island, a little progress was still... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 776 pages
...reached 110° W. long., they were entitled to the king's bounty of £5000, secured by order of council to " such of His Majesty's subjects as might succeed in penetrating thus far to the west within the Arctic Circle." After passing and naming Melville Island, a little progress was still... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1877 - 364 pages
...from Greenwich, by which they had become entitled to the reward of £5,000 offered by the Government to "such of His Majesty's subjects as might succeed...thus far to the westward within the Arctic circle." To a bluff headland near this point the appropriate name of Cape Bounty was given. After many perils... | |
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Greenwich, in the latitude of 74° 44' 20"; by which His Majesty's ships under my orders became entitled to the sum of five thousand pounds, being the reward offered by the King's order in council, grounded on a late Act of Parliament, to such of his... 
