Publication History:
Place of Publication: Winter Harbour, Melville Island, Parry Islands, North West Territories, Canada
Frequency: Unknown
Volume and Issue Data: No. 1-21; Nov 1, 1819 to March 20, 1820.
Size and Format: Unknown
Editor/Publisher: Edward Sabine, Captain of the Ship Hecla.
Title Changes and Continuation:
General Description and Notes:
“Written, produced and circulated in Mss., by members of the Parry expedition while they were at their winter quarters in the Arctic, and published, in printed form, after the expedition’s return to London under the title: North Georgia Gazette, and Winter Chronicle.
“When the expedition arrived in the Arctic, Parry called the group of islands he discovered the “New Georgia Islands,” but having afterwards remembered that this name was already used in another part of the world he decided to change it to “North Georgian Islands” to honor George the Third. This change accounts for the variation in name as used in the title on the manuscript copy and that used on the published editions.”
Information Sources:
Bibliography: None
Locations: Rare Book & Special Collections Library, University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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