- MS 1643;D Letter to Rev. Edward Palmer, 22 October 1823 [Written in HMS Hecla, Woolwich, describing Parry's second voyage to discover the North West Passage, describing encounters with Eskimos]
Palmer correspondence
This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge
- Reference
- GB 15 Charles Palmer / Correspondence
- Dates of Creation
- 1823
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- Letter
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The British Naval North West Passage Expedition, 1821-1823 (leader William Edward Parry) was to sail along the Foxe Basin. The expedition vessels HMS Fury (Parry) and HMS Hecla
Arrangement
Chronological