An act to amend an act, of the fifty-eighth year of His late Majesty, for more effectually discovering the longitude at sea, and encouraging attempts to find a northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and to approach the Northern Pole.

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Title
Great Britain.
An act to amend an act, of the fifty-eighth year of His late Majesty, for more effectually discovering the longitude at sea, and encouraging attempts to find a northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and to approach the Northern Pole.
Published
London : Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the Kingas Most Excellent Majesty, 1821.
Identifier
oocihm.9_01144
9_01144
Subject
Northwest Passage.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Nord-Ouest, Passage du.
Arctique -- Découverte et exploration britanniques.
Document source
Scanned from a CIHM microfiche of the original publication held by the National Library of Canada.
Notes
Title from title screen.
This act declares that the total reward by the British government to all participants in the discovery of the Northwest passage shall not exceed twenty-five thousand pounds.
Caption title.
At head of the title: Anno primo and secundo Georgii IV. Regis. Cap. II.
"[23d February 1821.]"
TPL, numbers 1220
pages [9]-10 ; 32 cm.
Collection
Government Publications
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_01144