The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger. Volume I: The Voyages of 1811, 1812 and 1813 (Hakluyt Society- 3rd, 12)

This is the first of three projected volumes of the unpublished journals kept by William Scoresby (1789-1857) of his voyages to the Arctic. It contains scientific records and social and religious comment as well as detailed descriptions of navigation and whaling.