02002nam a2200349 i 4500991001648109707536030528s2000 it r 000 0 ita d8887438080b12177283-39ule_instDip.to di filol. classica e di Scienze filosofiche ita140L'Accademia degli Spioni di Lecce (1723) /premessa di Giuliana Iaccarino Rist. anastatica dell'edizione leccese del 1723Casarano :Eurocart,2000IX, 116 p. ;25 cmBibliotheca vetus et rara ;4Accademia degli SpioniSec. 18.Lecce Iaccarino, Giulianaauthorhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut260468Iaccarino, Giulianaauthorhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut260468.b1217728316-09-1928-05-03991001648109707536LE007 195 IAC 01.01 12007000062944le007-E0.00-l- 03230.i1252659928-05-03LE007 195 IAC 01.01 22007000062951le007-E0.00-l- 00000.i1252661728-05-03LE007 195 IAC 01.0132007000062968le007-E0.00-l- 00000.i1252662928-05-03LE007 195 IAC 01.0142007000062975le007-E0.00-l- 00000.i1252663028-05-03LE007 195 IAC 01.0152007000062982le007-E0.00-l- 00000.i1252666628-05-03LE002 Sal. 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VI e 4 bis22002000255051le002-E0.00-no 00000.i1303848504-12-03LE022 140 IAC01.0112022000099301le022gE20.00-l- 00000.i1257561602-10-03Accademia degli Spioni di Lecce (1723145136UNISALENTO(5)le007(2)le002le02228-05-03ma -itait 0804655nam 2200577 450 991015317400332120231206215418.01-55238-877-810.1515/9781552388778(CKB)3710000000960869(Au-PeEL)EBL4767163(CaPaEBR)ebr11316842(OCoLC)962129505(Au-PeEL)EBL4952087(CaONFJC)MIL972547(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/dzn5t4(MiAaPQ)EBC4767163(MiAaPQ)EBC4952087(DE-B1597)664127(DE-B1597)9781552388778(EXLCZ)99371000000096086920161223h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPolaris the chief scientist's recollections of the American North Pole expedition, 1871-73 /Emil Bessels ; translated from the German: Die amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition (Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1879) [and edited] by William Barr1st ed.Calgary, Alberta :University of Calgary Press,2016.©20161 online resource (674 pages) illustrations, mapsNorthern Lights, ;Number 191-55238-875-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover -- Series Page -- Full Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Expedition Members -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Dedication -- Preface -- 1 | Origin of the expedition and its outfitting -- 2 | From New York to Newfoundland -- 3 | From Newfoundland to Greenland -- 4 | From Holsteinsborg to the northernmost settlement on Earth -- 5 | Historical review -- 6 | Into unknown territory -- 7 | The first days in Polaris Bay -- 8 | The first sledge journey -- 9 | Hall's sledge trip -- 10 | In the realm of darkness -- 11 | The New Year -- 12 | Through darkness to the light -- 13 | The southern sledge trip -- 14 | Early summer -- 15 | The boat voyage north -- 16 | The summer -- 17 | Southward -- 18 | On terra firma -- 19 | An ethnographic sketch -- 20 | Further progress -- 21 | The start of the ice floe drift -- 22 | Between hopelessness and optimism -- 23 | Spring on the floe -- 24 | The seals -- 25 | Salvation -- 26 | The boat voyage in arctic waters -- 27 | Whaling -- 28 | The search -- 29 | Homeward bound -- Epilogue: Motive for Murder -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.Emil Bessels was chief scientist and medical officer on George Francis Hall's ill-fated American North Pole Expedition of 1871-73 on board the ship Polaris. Bessels' book, translated from the German in its entirety for the first time, is one of only two first-hand accounts of the voyage, and it is the only first-hand account of the experiences of the group which stayed with the ship after it ran afoul of arctic ice, leaving some of its crew stranded on an ice floe. Bessels and the others spent a second winter on shore in Northwest Greenland, where the drifting, disabled ship ran aground. Hall died suspiciously during the first winter, and Bessels is widely suspected of having poisoned him. Bill Barr has uncovered new evidence of a possible motive. Polaris includes considerable detail which does not appear elsewhere. It is the only account of the expedition which includes rich scientific information about anthropology, geology, flora and fauna. It provides much more information than other accounts on the Greenland settlements Polaris visited on her way north. Bessels' is the only published first-hand account of the second wintering of part of the ship's complement on shore at Polaris House, near Littleton Island, and of that party's attempt at travelling south by boat until picked up by the Scottish whaler Ravenscraig. The same applies to the cruise aboard the whaler, Arctic, after Bessels and his companions transferred to that ship.Essential reading for researchers and students of arctic exploration history, this book is also a compelling read for the interested general reader.Northern lights series (Calgary, Alta.) ;Number 19.HISTORY / Polar RegionsbisacshHISTORY / Polar Regions.919.8Bessels Emil999349Engelmann Wilhelm1879,Barr WilliamMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910153174003321Polaris2292969UNINA