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WORKS ISSUED BY
THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY
TO THE PACIFIC AND ARCTIC WITH BEECHEY
SECOND SERIES
NO. 143
ISSUED FOR 1972
Hakluyt Society
PATRON
H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, K.G., P. C ., K.T., K.P.
COUNCIL AND OFFICERS, 1972-3
PRESIDENT
Dr E. S. DE BEER, C.B.E., F.B.A.
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Professor C. F. BECKINGHAM
Sir ALAN BURNS, G.C.M.G.
Professor C. R. BOXER, F.B.A.
G. R. CRONE
Sir GILBERT LARRHWAITE, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., K.C.I.E., C.S.I.
Professor D. B. QUINN
COUNCIL (with date of election)
Professor J. w. BLAKE, C.B.E. (1972)
TIMOTHY COGHLAN (1971)
Sir HUGH DOW, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I. (1970)
G. E. O. EVANS (1970)
T. W. FREEMAN (1970)
B.J. GREENHILL, C.M.G. (1969)
Dr J. B. HARLEY (1972)
Lord JOHN KERR (1971)
Miss PHYLLIS MANDER-JONES (1969)
JOHN PISANI (1972)
PAUL PUTZ (1971)
Royal Geographical Society (Mrs DOHOTHY MIDDLETON)
Dr SUSAN SKILLITER (1969)
Mrs SARAH TYACKE (1971)
Dr HELEN WALLIS (1969)
Commander D. W. WATERS, R.N, (1972)
Dr GLYNDWR WILLIAMS (1969)
TRUSTEES
Sir PHILIP HAY, K.C.V.O., T.D.
Sir GILBERT LAITHWAITE, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., K.C.I.E., C.S.I.
The Right Hon. LORD RENNELL OF RODD, K.B.E., C.B.
HONORARY TREASURER
JOHN MAGGS
HONORARY SECRETARIES
Dr T. E. ARMSTRONG, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge Professor
EILA M.J. CAMPBELL, Birkbeck College, London WCIE 7HX
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I am greatly indebted to the Trustees of the British Museum, the custodians of the George Peard journal, for permission to publish this edition.
I also wish to express my thanks to a number of persons who have assisted in this enterprise. Dr Glyndwr Williams of Queen Mary College, University of London, and General Editor of the Hudson's Bay Record Society, has encouraged me from the start and suggested improvements along the way. Professor A. Lincoln of the University of San Francisco has provided me with information on the Beechey voyage in relation to California. Miss M. J. Perry, Curator, Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, Taunton, Somerset, has been very generous in her efforts to locate and copy documents and illustrations, and I owe her special thanks for her kindness in this regard.
Rear-Admiral P. W. Brock, C.B., D.S.O., lent me a copy of his dossier on H.M.S. Blossom. Over the years he has been most generous in supplying information and correcting my misconceptions. A. P. Fleming, National Librarian of Australia, supplied biographical information on F. W. Beechey. Iain Maciver, National Library of Scodand, provided copies of pertinent manuscripts in the Melville Papers. P. M. Bottomley of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland helped in the selection of illustrations. Professor James W- Scott, of Western Washington State College, placed his magnificent Happy Valley library at my disposal; for this act of generosity I am in his debt.
Professor John Caswell of Stanislaus State College, Turlock, California, unselfishly lent me his notes on the second expedition of Sir John Franklin, the findings of which appeared in his article, 'The sponsors of Canadian Arctic exploration; Part III 1800-1839', published in The Beaver, Outfit 300 (Autumn 1969). I acknowledge the kindness of the Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company and Mrs J. Craig, the Company Archivist, in allowing me to use copies of Professor Caswell's notes. Alan Cooke, Custodian of Manuscripts at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England, assisted and made more enjoyable my researches there, as did his associate, Clive Holland. I acknowledge the assistance of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, the Royal Geographical Society, and the National Maritime Museum. To Western Washington State College, I am grateful for grants in aid of research, and secretarial and cartographic help, and to Mr Gene Hoerauf of the Department of Geography there, I am grateful for drawing the two figures showing the tracks of the Blossom. Professor Eila M. J. Campbell, Joint Hon. Secretary of the Hakluyt Society, has been most helpful through the various stages in the preparation of this book. R. A. Langdon of the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, The Australian National University, provided information about Eastern Polynesia.