New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-27
The Discoveries in the Northwest.

IRON lhf N'NNfNi nfft1s wv o."
We are enabled. By the Kindness of Governor
Sir Gaorse simpson. ay before the pa5- the llos
ing corrspo ndence before given To psr) ~ which
vii b. thar the great geographical question Of toe
exstsncr tf N1r'h~fstern passage from the Atlantic
b. the Pacific Ocean IT, % length set Al rest nearly
so-the northern shores Of Americ. having been com
yietely surveyed. and IN the words OF ths lamsnief
Thom-s epson the precise limits OF this great Con
tnent fully aud finally estaoisb-d Under these cir
cumsisnces Il rsy prove Interesting % tho reader %
present hin with sketch OF the history Of This 80 lorg
sgaied question, and 10 give him short abstract OF
the severe. steps in the exploration OF the coast tho
completion OF which has q length, been enrcted % fir
Rae.
The cause which a. irst led 70 the attempts 20 dls
cover North western passage from the Atlantic 10 ih-
P-cfc The HOPE that, through b. would be found
short and convenient route from Europa 10 10 a-tne
jealousy Of the spanisrds and P0ruguese having blocked
% Il were from the EnR.h and Dutch their great
rivAls In commerce the rOutls by the Cape OF Good
Houa ard The southern Pacific. TIE discoveries. how
ever Of fratishrr spd Davis In the reiga Of Queen
Elizabeth snf OF their successors while they failed In
asrortaining ,he existence az the wihdf passage,
lunianily satisfied tho world that, even - ultimately
severed :; would bee found, from is vicinity 70 the
North Pole s1d s being continually encumbered with
ice utterly useless for ire purposes of navigation Inc
settlement oft the graat geographical question conuone
notwithstanding 20 interest shG word oil science, aud 10
determination has within late years. called forth the
utmost Efforts OF the British Government
In lsls an expedition wss cont cut q B-ihns Bay IN
der the command OF Capt Ross which resulted In biz
disbelief Of the existence OF sny passage. His second
in command. Lieut. Parry, haf. bogever. come 70 a
different conclusion and on returning with new eN-
psoitiOn. succeeded In penetrating into the Polar
Sea through Lancaster Sound To tbero found =
chain II large Islands lying parallel 10 The American
coast and among them continued his navigation until
slammed hv the accumulation Of Ice In the straits and
channels through Witch he bad d pass Tnis circum
stance Induced him % make bis next sltempt ny Sir
Thomss R-,'s Welcome channel running IRON Had
sons Bay III here slso found narrow atrsit com
municatng with hs polar Sea bat 80 encumnersd with
lee "a 10 or cuds tho hope Of ts l1rcng open
pas.azs He renewed Ms III ris but wihou. success
by Lancaster Sound The o1siacss which he hai for
rne-y been .ho % overcome Ill conthu"d and pre-
vented bin from making any uaisrlsl addition 70 bic
former discoveries.
While IT, s. 90 far successful voyages IN pro
grsss Captain Frsukin Was cent OUT ~ The head OF Two
successive expeditions ~ land and b. actual survey
.scerisinpd three fluThs OF the northern boundary
coast # America hls operations terminating Al point
beyond the lsolh degree of wrst longitude. On the
,t6.r hand an expet inu under Captain ke6chg sent
4, meet Captain Franklin on his secoud iresorie Jour
ney passed the Icy Cape Of Cook and pencrat7d nearly
- Tar the 18th tgrfe Of west Longitude leasin
nearly seven zrees 100 mes between the isrhes'
point thus reached from the west sud he utmost in
reached hy Captain Franklin from tn east
In the summer ct 1897. Msssrs simpion ard peas
Of ere Of he Hudsons Bay Company surveyed tne
coasts between the points reached ~ captain,
ana Beeehy and Ia the following summers lso md lsj'
having rrsoh Polar Sea from the Interior 0J the COP
psr River continued their survey OF tho coast W
20 the e6fh degree ct west lonsitude point previous
visited by Csptsin Bsck Thence they sere i'icen hS
the advanced SESSION, - return u thelf WINTER qi"
on the Great Bear Lake The ouy portion OF coss ihs
remaining unsufy-yed vss thar hrt~r-n simpson 40
Da.s.s extreme e-st plnt aud P-rrys Straits " the
Fury and Hscl. and buy iDr Mr. simpsons DISASTROUS
death Ia 1870 h. wouli have been iurnaied win ne
command II thr expedition. the SUGGESTED result o
which Is So, d 10 NJ Race is.ter.
The results % Al ihs.f explorations and surFrs'
would APPEAR prov. thstviin the trcephen Z" spy
R1s.'s Peninsula Of B10ihis Felix which stretches a.
t.r north ~ ssveniyour grr-s oi
orc cost of Am-r. ex.slds from ias Atlantic u tn
P.cfs 10 a i1e not varying mush from The parallel OF
thu seventeenth gree Il latitude ani tnst ire rzt
enc- OF n-vs pss-sg- w ina lur ~ Cspt farff o. y
VOYAGE l. I'll 5gt mlDsirttrd We ned scafc-iy a4e
that whatever o-nrf my 20 Science snd h-Vi
ss,ion from these important discoveries VII D. 10
great due tne eDls htsn-d hbsrahty OF IN,
Hads0ns Bay Complny-s' whose expense these is',s
ditops have b-en carried onsnd 70 tn- intrepld
ity perseverance, and self.dsvoion OF their officers