Arctic
Armstrong, A., A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage (Hurst & Blackett, London, 1857)
Back, G., Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the years 1833, 1834 and 1835 (John Murray, London, 1836)
Barrow, J., Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions (John Murray, London, 1846)
Beattie, O. and Geiger, J., Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition (Bloomsbury, London, 1987)
Beechey, R, A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole (John Murray, London, 1843)
Berton, P., The Arctic Grail (Viking, New York, 1988)
Braithwaite, J., A Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative of a Second Voyage in the Victory, in search of a North-West Passage containing the Suppressed Facts necessary to a Proper Understanding of the causes of the failure of the steam machinery of the Victory, and a just appreciation of Captain Sir John Ross's character as an officer and a man of science (Chapman & Hale, London, 1835)
Collinson, R., Journal of HMS Enterprise on the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin's ships by Behring Strait 1850–55 (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1889)
Fisher, A., A Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions … in the years 1819 and 1820 (Longman, London, 1821)
Fleming, H. (ed.), Minutes of Council, Northern Department of Rupert Land, 1821–31 (The Champlain Society, Toronto, 1940)
Franklin, J., Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819–20--21–22 (John Murray, London, 1823)
——Narrative of a Second Expedition to the shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1825, 1826 and 1827 (John Murray, London, 1828) Glazebrook, G. (ed.), The Letters of Letitia Hargrave (The Champlain Society, Toronto, 1947)
Hood, Robert (ed. Houston, Stuart C), To the Arctic by Canoe, 1819–1821 (McGill- Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1974)
Huish, Robert, The Last Voyage of Capt. John Ross . . . by an officer attached to the Expedition (John Saunders, London, 1835)
King, R., A Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Arctic Ocean in 1833, 1834 and 1835 (Bentley, London, 1836)
——The Franklin Expedition from First to Last (Churchill, London, 1855)
Lopez, B., Arctic Dreams (Picador, London, 1987)
Lyon, G. E, Private Journal During the Recent Voyage of Discovery Under Captain Parry (John Murray, London, 1824)
——A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay (John Murray, London, 1825)
MacLeod, M. (ed.), The Letters of Letitia Hargrave (The Champlain Society, Toronto, 1947)
McClure, R. (ed. Sherard Osborn), The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. Investigator (Longman, London, 1856)
Masson, L., Les Bourgeois de la Compagnie de Nord-Ouest (2 vols) (Quebec, 1889) Miertsching, J. (trans. L. Neatby), Frozen Ships – The Arctic Diary of Johann Miertsching 1850–1854 (Macmillan, Toronto, 1967)
Osborn, S., Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal(Longman, London, 1852) Parry, W. E., Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage … in the years 1819–20 (John Murray, London, 1821)
——Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage … in the years 1821–22–23 (John Murray, London, 1824)
——Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage … in the years 1824–25 (John Murray, London, 1826)
——Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole … in the year 1827 (John Murray, London, 1828)
Rich, E. (ed.), Simpson's Athabasca Journal (The Champlain Society, London, 1938)
——The History of the Hudson's Bay Company, Vol. II, 1763–1870 (Hudson's Bay Record Society, London, 1959)
——Colin Robertson's Correspondence Book, September 1817 to September 1822 (The Champlain Society, Toronto, 1939)
Richardson, J. (ed. Houston, C. Stuart), Arctic Ordeal. The Journal of John Richardson … 1820–1822 (McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1984)
Ross, John, A Voyage of Discovery . . . for the purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay and inquiring into the probability of a North-West Passage (John Murray, London, 1819)
——Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage … during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 (Webster, London, 1835) ——Explanation and Answer to Mr. John Braithwaite's Supplement . . . (Webster, London, 1835)
——Observations on a work entitled ‘Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions’ written by Sir John Barrow Aetat 82: being a refutation of the numerous misrepresentations contained in that volume (William Blackwood, London, 1846)
——Sir John Franklin, a Narrative (Longman, London, 1855)
Sabine, E. (ed.), North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle (John Murray, London, 1821)
Smith, D., Arctic Expeditions, British and Foreign (Fullarton, Edinburgh, 1880)
Antarctica and Australia
Bagot, Mrs C, Links With the Past (Edward Arnold, London, 1901)
Cameron, I., Antarctica: The Last Continent (Cassell, London, 1974)
Fitzpatrick, K., Sir John Franklin in Tasmania, 1837–43 (Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1949)
Fogg, Prof. G. E. and Smith, D., The Explorations of Antarctica (Cassell, London, 1990)
Franklin, John, A Narrative of some passages in the history of Van Diemen's Land (Taylor, London, 1845)
Huxley, L., Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (John Murray, London, 1918)
McCormick, R., Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic and Round the World (2 vols) (Sampson, London, 1884)
Ross, James, A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern Antarctic Regions during the years 1839–43 (2 vols) (John Murray, London, 1847)
Africa
Beechey, F. W. and H. W., Proceedings of the expedition to explore the Northern Coast of Africa … in 1821 and 1822 (John Murray, London, 1828)
Boahen, A. Adu, Britain, the Sahara and the Western Sudan, 1788–1861 (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1964)
Clapperton, H., A Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa (John Murray, London, 1829)
Denham, D., Clapperton, H. and Oudney, W., A Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in northern and central Africa in the years 1822, 1823 and 1824 (2 vols) (John Murray, London, 1828)
Gardner, G., The Quest for Timbuctoo (Cassell, London, 1969)
Hibbert, C., Africa Explored (Penguin, London, 1984)
Huish, R. (ed.), The Travels of Richard and John Lander into the Interior of Africa (John Saunders, London, 1836)
Jackson, J. G., An Account of the Empire of Marocco … and an Interesting Account of Timbuctoo, the Great Emporium of Central Africa (Bulmer, London, 1814)
Lander, R., Records of Captain Clapperton's last expedition to Africa (2 vols) (Colburn & Bentley, London, 1830)
Lander, R. and J., Journal of an expedition to explore the course and termination of the Niger (3 vols) (John Murray, London, 1833)
Lloyd, C, The Search for the Niger (Collins, London, 1973)
——The Navy and the Slave Trade (Longman, London, 1949)
Lyon, G. E, A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa in the years 1818, 19 and 20 (John Murray, London, 1821)
Mackay, M., The Indomitable Servant (Rex Collings, London, 1978)
Park, M., Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa performed under the direction and patronage of the African Association in the years 1795, 1796 and 1797 (Bulmer, London, 1799)
Tuckey, J. H., Narrative of an expedition to explore the River Zaire (John Murray, London, 1818)
Biography and General
Barrow, Sir J., Autobiographical Memoir (John Murray, London, 1847)
——Sketches of the Royal Society & Royal Society Club (John Murray, London, 1849)
——The Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty (William Tegg, London, 1876)
Brightfield, M. F., John Wilson Croker (Allen & Unwin, London, 1951)
Croker, J. W. (ed. Louis Jennings), The Croker Papers (John Murray, London, 1885)
Dawson, W. (ed.), The Banks Letters (British Museum, London, 1958)
Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1917)
Dodge, E. S., The Polar Rosses (Faber and Faber, London, 1973)
Fleming, F. (ed.), The Pulse of Enterprise (Time-Life Books, Amsterdam, 1990)
Friendly, A., Beaufort of the Admiralty (Hutchinson, London, 1977)
Huxley, J. (ed.), T. H. Huxley's Diary of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake (Chatto & Windus, London, 1935)
Huxley, L., Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley (3 vols) (Macmillan, London, 1913)
Jennings, L. (ed.), The Croker Papers (John Murray, London, 1885)
Jerdan, W., The Autobiography of William Jerdan (4 vols) (Arthur Hall, Virtue, London, 1853)
Jerrold, W. (ed.), The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1906)
Lamb, G., Franklin, Happy Voyager (Ernest Benn, London, 1956)
Lloyd, C., Mr. Barrow of the Admiralty (Collins, London, 1970)
Lyon, G., A Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico in the year 1826 (John Murray, London, 1828)
McIlraith, J., Life of Sir John Richardson (Longman, London, 1868)
Markham, A. H., The Life of Sir John Franklin (George Philip, London, 1891)
Markham, G., The Life of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock (John Murray, London, 1909)
Morrell, P. (ed.), Leaves from the Greville Diary (Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, London, 1829)
Parry, A., Parry of the Arctic (Chatto & Windus, London, 1963)
Parry, E., Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry (Longman, London, 1859)
Parry, W. E., Thoughts on the Parental Character of God (Harrison, London, 1841)
Raby, P., Bright Paradise (Chatto & Windus, London, 1996)
Royal Geographical Society Journal, Vols 1, 4, 6 and 8 (John Murray, London)
Spufford, F., I May Be Some Time (Faber and Faber, London, 1996)
Stamp, T. and C, William Scoresby, Arctic Scientist (Caedmon, Whitby, 1976)
Woodward, F., Portrait of Jane: A Life of Lady Franklin (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1951)
Newspapers, Journals
Athenaeum
Beaver
Blackwood's
Edinburgh Review
Fraser's Magazine
Gentleman's Quarterly
Hull Advertiser
Illustrated London News
Musk-Ox New York Times
Polar Record
Quarterly Review
The Times
Wigtown Free Press
Unpublished Sources
Manuscripts held by the:
Bodleian Library
British Library
Derbyshire Record Office
Dumfries Archive Centre
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
National Library of Scotland
National Maritime Museum
Natural History Museum, Botanical Library
Public Records Office
Public Records Office of Northern Ireland
Royal Botanic Gardens Library and Archives, Kew
Royal Geographical Society
Royal Society
Scott Polar Research Institute
Somerset Archive and Record Service
West Devon Area Record Office