Alexander Fisher (d.1838), ship's surgeon on the Arctic exploration
ship H.M.S. Hecla, was the probable author of the anonymous 1819
Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions, also
reissued in this series. The voyage of the Hecla and Griper began
in 1819, and Fisher's account was published in 1821, going rapidly
into further editions (of which this reissue is the third). The
intention of the expedition, under William Edward Parry, was to
find the North-West Passage. It was unsuccessful in this respect
(an account by Captain G. F. Lyon of Parry's expedition of 1821-3
is also available in this series), but Fisher's detailed and lively
account claims that the existence of the passage has been so far
proved that it cannot be doubted. He describes the people and
wildlife seen during the voyage, as well as providing technical
details of latitude, weather and currents.
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