Fisher, Alexander:

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A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS, IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS HECLA AND GRIPER, IN THE YEARS 1819 & 1820. Fisher was the assistant surgeon aboard the Hecla during this first of Parry's Arctic expeditions. "This voyage was for the discovery of the North West Passage, and penetrated through Barrow's Strait as far as Melville Island" - Lande. The maps are "A Chart of the Discoveries of H.M.S. Hecla & Griper...being on a Voyage to Discover a N.W. Passage" and "A Map of the Route of the Expedition across Melville Island." "Fisher gives especially useful remarks on natural history, and ice conditions" - ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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