Contemporary accounts of voyages by officers and crew; journals; correspondence; sketches; separately published reports (by date and expedition leader)

1806 De Fréminville

1812 Selkirk

[Reprint] London : Printed for R. Phillips, 1819. 78 p. FC3961 .2 M35 1819 Reserve

1818 Buchan

1818 Ross & Parry

-- 2nd ed. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. FC3961 .2 F58 1821 Reserve

--[Later ed.] London : Printed for R.H. Laurie, 1830. VK811 P8 Reserve

-- 9th ed., corr. and improved, from many original communications, by Alex. G. Findlay. London : Printed for R.H. Laurie, 1845. VK811 P8 1845 Reserve

-- 2nd ed. London : Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. FC3961 .2 R6 1819b Reserve

-- [German translation] Entdeckungsreise unter den Befehlen der britischen Admiralität mit den königlichen Schiffen Isabella und Alexander um Baffins-Bay : auszuforschen und die Möglichkeit einer nordwestlichen Durchfahrt zu untersuchen. Wohlfeile Ausg., ohne Kupfer. Leipzig : F. Fleischer, 1820. B.C. Archives and Record Service, Victoria

-- [German translation for children] Entdeckungsreise des Capitain Ross nach den nordwestlichen Polargegenden : ein Buch zur Unterhaltung und Belehrung für alle Stände. Braunschweig : F. Vieweg, 1836. (Neueste Sammlung merkwürdiger Reisebeschreibungen für die Jugend ; 1.-2. Bd.) FC3961 .2 R62 1836 Reserve (v. 2 only)

-- [Dutch translation] Reizen naar Ysland en de Baffinsbaai, de laatste gedaan ter ontdekking van eene doorvaart ten noord-westen van Groenland, en den jare 1818. s'Gravenhage : W.K. Mandemaker, 1821. FC3961 .2 R615 1821 Reserve

Sabine, Edward. Remarks on the account of the late voyage of discovery to Baffin's Bay, published by Captain J. Ross, R.N. London : Printed by R. and A. Taylor for J. Booth, 1819.
FC3961 .2 R6 1819a Suppl.2 Reserve

--2nd ed. London : Printed by R. and A. Taylor for J. Booth, 1819.
FC3961 .2 R6 1819a Suppl.1 1819b Reserve

1819-20 Parry & Liddon

2nd ed. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. FC3961 .2 F57 1821 Reserve

The North Georgia gazette, and winter chronicle. London : J. Murray, 1821.
G635 P3 N6 fol. Reserve/FC3961 .2 P35 1821 fol. c.2 Reserve

-- 2nd ed. London : J. Murray, 1822.
G635 P3 N6 1822 fol. Reserve

-- 2nd ed. London : J. Murray, 1821. FC3961 .2 P35 1821a fol. Reserve

-- [American ed.] Philadelphia : A. Small, 1821. FC3961 .2 P35 1821b Reserve

-- [French translation] Voyage fait en 1819 et 1820, sur les vaisseaux de S.M.B, l'Hécla et le Griper, pour découvrir un passage du nord-ouest de l'océan Atlantique à la mer Pacifique sous les ordres de William Édouard-Parry : traduit de l'anglais. Paris : Gide, 1822. FC3961 .2 P3514 1822 Reserve

Parry, William Edward. Journals of the first, second and third voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : in 1819-20-21-22-23-24-25 : in His Majesty's ships Hecla, Griper and Fury, under the orders of Capt. W.E. Parry. London : J. Murray, 1828-1829.
FC3205 .1 P3 1828 Stacks

Parry, William Edward. Three voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole. London : J. Murray, 1835.
G635 P3 A3 Stacks

-- [American ed.] New York : Harper, 1840. G635 P3 A3 1840 Stacks

-- [Later American ed.] New York : Harper, 1845. G635 P3 A3 1845 Reserve

1819-22 Franklin, Richardson, Back & Hood

Franklin, John. Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 : with an appendix on various subjects relating to science and natural history. London : J. Murray, 1823.
F5959 F73 1823 fol. Reserve

-- [1st ed., special issue] London : J. Murray, 1823. F5959 F73 fol. Reserve

-- 2nd ed. London : J. Murray, 1824. FC3961 F73 1824 Reserve

-- 3rd ed. London : J. Murray, 1824. FC3961 F73 1824a Reserve

-- [American ed.] Philadelphia : H.C. Carey & I. Lea, A. Small, Edward Parker, M'Carty & Davis, B. & T. Kite, Thomas Desilver, and E. Littell, 1824. FC3961 F73 1824b Reserve

-- [Later ed.] Journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in 1819-20-21-22 : with a brief account of the second journey in 1825-26-27. London : J. Murray, 1829. FC3961 F73 Reserve

-- [German translation] Reise an die Küsten des Polarmeeres in den Jahren 1819, 1820, 1821 u. 1822. Weimar : G.H.S. pr. Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 1823-1824. Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library

-- [Another ed.] Philadelphia : J.E. Potter, [1859?] G585 F73 F74 1859 Reserve

-- [Another ed.] New York : G. Cooper, 1859. G585 F73 F73 Reserve

-- [Another ed.] New York : H. Dayton ; Indianapolis : Asher, 1859. G585 F73 F74 1859b Reserve

-- [Later ed.] Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994. FC3961 .2 H6 1994 Stacks/Preservation

Richardson, John. Arctic ordeal : the journal of John Richardson, surgeon-naturalist with Franklin, 1820-1822. Ed. by C. Stuart Houston . Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1984.
FC3961 .1 R52 A3 1984 fol. Stacks

-- [Later ed.] Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994. FC3961 .1 R52 A3 1984 fol. Stacks/Preserv

Richardson, John. Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America ; containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expedition, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, by John Richardson. London : J. Murray, 1829-1837.
QL219 R5 fol. Reserve

1821-23 Parry & Lyon

-- [American ed.] Boston : Wells and Lilly, 1824. G650 1821 P252 Reserve

-- New ed. London : J. Murray, 1825. G650 1821 P252 1825 Reserve

Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, performed in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, in the years 1821-22-23. London : J. Murray, 1825.
FC3961 .2 P362 1825 fol. Reserve

Parry, William Edward. Journals of the first, second and third voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : in 1819-20-21-22-23-24-25 : in His Majesty's ships Hecla, Griper and Fury, under the orders of Capt. W.E. Parry. London : J. Murray, 1828-1829.
FC3205 .1 P3 1828 Stacks

Parry, William Edward. Three voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole. London : J. Murray, 1835.
G635 P3 A3 Stacks

-- [American ed.] New York : Harper, 1840. G635 P3 A3 1840 Stacks

-- [Later American ed.] New York : Harper, 1845. G635 P3 A3 1845 Reserve

1823-27 Duncan

1824 Lyon

Paton, John. A journal of a voyage of discovery to the polar regions, in the year 1824, in His Majesty's ship Griper, G.F. Lyon, captain : with a particular account of the proceedings during that perilous voyage. Paisley [Scotland] : Printed for the author by J. Fraser, 1825.
Metro Toronto Reference Library

1824-25 Parry & Hoppner

-- [Later ed.] Philadelphia : H.C. Carey and I. Lea, 1826. FC3961 .2 P37 1826b Reserve

Parry, William Edward. Three voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole. London : J. Murray, 1835.
G635 P3 A3 Stacks

-- [American ed.] New York : Harper, 1840. G635 P3 A3 1840 Stacks

-- [Later American ed.] New York : Harper, 1845. G635 P3 A3 1845 Reserve

1825-27 Franklin, Richardson, Back, Kendall & Drummond

Franklin, John. Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1825, 1826, and 1827 : including an account of the progress of a detachment to the eastward by John Richardson. London : J. Murray, 1828.
F5959 F732 1828 fol. Reserve

-- [American ed.] Philadelphia : Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. F5959 F732 Reserve

-- [German translation] Zweite Reise des Capit. John Franklin von der Englischen Marine, befehlahabers der Expedition, an die Küsten des Polarmeeres, in den Jahren 1825, 1826, und 1827. Weimar : Verlage des Grossh. Säch priv. Landes-Industrie Comptoirs, 1829. F5959 F73215 Reserve

Franklin, John. Thirty years in the Arctic regions. New York : D.W. Evans, [1859]
G585 F73 F74 Reserve

-- [Another ed.] Philadelphia : J.E. Potter, [1859?] G585 F73 F74 1859 Reserve

-- [Another ed.] New York : G. Cooper, 1859. G585 F73 F73 Reserve

-- [Another ed.] New York : H. Dayton ; Indianapolis : Asher, 1859. G585 F73 F74 1859b Reserve

Richardson, John. Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America ; containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expedition, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, by John Richardson. London : J. Murray, 1829-1837.
QL219 R5 fol. Reserve

1825-28 Beechey

-- [British octavo ed.] Philadelphia : Carey & Lea, 1832. F5959 B4 Reserve

-- [American ed.] Philadelphia : Carey & Lea, 1832. F5959 B4 1832 Reserve

Hooker, William Jackson. The botany of Captain Beechey's voyage : comprising an account of the plants collected by Messrs. Lay and Collie, and other officers of the expedition during the voyage to the Pacific and Bering's Strait, performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey ... in the years 1825, 26, 27, and 28. London : H.G. Bohn, 1841.
QK5 B4 fol. Reserve/Stacks

Peard, George. To the Pacific and Arctic with Beechey : the journal of Lieutenant George Peard of H.M.S. Blossom, 1825-1828. Ed. by Barry M. Gough. Cambridge : Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1973.
G161 H2 ser. 2 no. 143 Stacks

1827 Parry

-- [Later ed.] London : J. Murray, 1829. FC3961 .2 P38 1829 Reserve

1829-33 John Ross & James C. Ross

Ross, John. 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 : including the reports of James Clark Ross and the discovery of the northern magnetic pole. London : A.W. Webster, 1835.
FC3961 .2 R7 1835a fol. Reserve/Stacks

-- [Later ed.] London : O. Hodgson, [1835] FC3961 .2 R7 1835e fol. Reserve

-- [American ed.] Philadelphia : E.L. Carey, 1835. FC3961 .2 R7 1835b fol. Reserve

-- [Belgian ed.] Brussels : A. Wahlen, 1835. FC3961 .2 R7 1835c Reserve

-- [French ed.] Paris : A. and W. Galignani, 1835. FC3961 .2 R7 1835d Reserve

-- [French ed.] Paris : Baudry's European Library, 1835. FC3961 .2 R7 1835f Reserve

-- [Later ed.] London : O. Hodgson, [1836?] FC3961 .2 R7 1836 Reserve

-- [French translation] Relation du second voyage fait à la recherche d'un passage au nord-ouest par Sir John Ross. Paris : Bellizard, Barthes, Dufour, et Lowell, 1835. FC3961 .2 R714 1835 Reserve

-- [French translation] Bruxelles : Wouters, 1844. FC3961 .2 R714 1844 Reserve

-- [German transation] Zweite Entdeckungsreise nach den Gegenden des Nordpols, 1829-1833. Berlin : G. Reimer, 1835-1836. University of British Columbia Library

-- [Dutch translation] Verhaal van eenen tweeden zeetogt en van verschiedene landreizen in de noordpool-gewesten. Zutphen [Netherlands] : W.J. Thieme, 1836-1837. FC3961 .2 R713 1836 Reserve

Braithwaite, John. 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 Captain Sir John Ross's character as an officer and a man of science. London : Chapman and Hall, 1835.
Queen's University, Kingston

Ross, John. Explanation and answer to Mr. John Braithwaite's Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative of a second voyage in the Victory, in search of a Northwest Passage. [London] : Whiting, [1835?]
Bound with: FC3961 .2 R7 1835a fol. c.5 Reserve

1833-35 Back & King

-- [Large paper ed.] London : J. Murray, 1836. F5959 B3 1836 fol. Reserve

-- Paris : A. and W. Galignani, 1836. F5959 B3 1836a Reserve

-- Philadelphia : E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. F5959 B3 1836b Reserve

-- 2nd ed. Philadelphia : E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1837. F5959 B3 1837 Reserve

-- [German translation] Reise durch Nord-Amerika bis zur Mündung des grossen Fischflusses und an den Küsten des Polarmeeres in den Jahren 1833, 1834, und 1835. Leipzig : J.J. Weber, 1836. F5959 B315 1836 Reserve

-- [French translation] Voyage dans les régions arctiques, à la recherche du capitaine Ross en 1834 et 1835. Paris : A. Bertrand, 1836. F5959 B313 Reserve

King, Richard. Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in 1833, 1834, and 1835 : under the command of Capt. Back, R.N. London : R. Bentley, 1836.
F5959 B32 1836 Reserve

1836-37 Back

1837-39 Dease & Simpson

Simpson, Thomas. Narrative of the discoveries on the north coast of America : effected by the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during the years 1836-39. London : R. Bentley, 1843.
F5507 S45 Reserve/Stacks

Simpson, Alexander. The life and travels of Thomas Simpson, the Arctic discoverer. London : R. Bentley, 1845.
F5954 .9 S56 S56 Stacks

1839, 1840 Penny

1845-48 Franklin & Crozier

FitzJames, Captain. The last journals of Captain Fitzjames, R.N., of the lost polar expedition. Ed. by William Coningham. Brighton : W. Pearce, 1859.
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