Böcker av August Heinrich Petermann

Dieses Buch ist eine Sammlung von geographischen Mitteilungen aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. August Heinrich Petermann, der Herausgeber, zeigt dem Leser ein breites Spektrum an Themen auf, von Oceanographie bis zu Geologie und Geographie.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This fascinating essay offers a bold new theory on the fate of Sir John Franklin, the British naval officer who disappeared in the Arctic in 1845 while searching for the fabled Northwest Passage. Written by August Heinrich Petermann, a noted German geographer and cartographer, it proposes a novel explanation for the whereabouts of Franklin's lost ships, based on an analysis of ocean currents and climatological data.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.