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John Barrow's Famous Plagiary of Arctic Ice Theories - Scarce Original Account!
Author: BARROW, John
Title:Lieut. Chappell, R.N.:
Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay, in his
Majesty's Ship Rosamond, Containing some Account of the North-Eastern
Coast of America, and of the Tribes Inhabiting that Remote Region - [A Review] Publisher: London: The Quarterly Review, 1818.
Notes: Ostensibly John Barrow's extremely scathing review of
Lieutenant Chappell's 'Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay,' published in 1817,
but more an expression of Barrow's ideas about the break-up of ice in an area stretching
from Greenland to Spitzbergen - or rather, an expression of the ideas of Whitby whaler,
William Scoresby - published as Barrow's own. This is the very report which comprises
Barrow proposal that Scoresby's ideas were in fact his own.
Features Barrow's ideas regarding temperature diminution and its impact in detail,
including differences in climate in England for the years 1805, 1806 and 1807;
the increased opportunity for exploration in Baffin Bay and the circumnavigation
of 'Old Greenland' afforded by the ice melt. Includes Barrow's intransigent views
regarding the existence of the North West Passage, arguments supporting the
insularity of 'Old Greenland' and reasons for failure of previous expeditions.
William Scoresby, perhaps the most successful whaler in Britain, vastly experienced,
had alerted society president and friend of Barrow, Sir Joseph Banks, of the
polar break-up, describing it as "about two thousand square leagues of the surface
of the Greenland seas, included between the parallel 74º and 80º, perfectly devoid
of all ice, all of which had disappeared within the last two years." Scoresby
posited the existence of a polar sea and cited evidence for it; Banks - and Barrow -
were motivated to explore the area, to find a passage connecting the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans - the North West Passage.
Sir John Barrow, influential Second Secretary of the Admiralty, would wait
a year before publishing Scoresby's plans and would then secure permission for two naval
expeditions, the first headed by John Ross and William Edward Parry to try for
the North West Passage and the second, under David Buchan and John Franklin, to
head for the North Pole. By June 3rd, Ross was in Davis Strait and within a week,
both ships were sailing a channel between the coast and the central Baffin Bay
ice pack.
John Barrow's First-Hand Claim - Plagiarized Theories of Arctic Ice Movement!
Condition:
12 pages. Book review. Excellent condition,
attractively bound in blue paper covers with label.
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