The Impracticability of a North-West Passage for Ships, Impartially Considered

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Published under a pseudonym in 1824 by Bounty mutineer and naval hydrographer Peter Heywood (1772–1831), this short work surveys accounts of recent Arctic expeditions and concludes that, despite the probable existence of a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the icy waters would not be navigable for ships.