[top] Effect of light creating an arch over an icy coast. Includes men in boats, seals, and ship. [bottom] A light effect created by cirrus clouds. Includes ships.
Source creator:
O'Reilly, Bernard
Source Title:
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. ...
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 47, Paternoster-Row.
Source date:
1818
notes:
Both of these meteorological effects took place in July. The one at top occurred in the afternoon; the one at bottom occurred at 3 a.m.This voyage was made by the whaling ship Thomas with O'Reilly serving as ship's surgeon. O'Reilly claims to have discovered the Linnaean Island Chain and is confident of the discovery of a northwest passage. Although O'Reilly made many of the observations in the book, it is believed that large parts of the text were plagiarised from the lectures of Professor von Giesecke.Title page states that the plates are taken from drawings done by the author on the spot.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
geographic area:
Arctic
Subject headings:
Greenland--Descripti on and travel; Cirrus clouds--Greenland; Meteorological optics--Greenland
