Sir William Edward Parry

(1790-1855)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855 NRA: Parry Sir William Edward (1790-1855) Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Explorer DNB: Parry, Sir (William) Edward (1790-1855), naval officer and Arctic explorer LBT ID: WiParry1855 VIAF ID: 41830721 LOC ID: n50051457	B/BAP: 1790-12-19 DIED: 1855-07-08
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Admiral in the Royal Navy and arctic explorer; he was the author of Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a north-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific (1821).
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Sir William Edward Parry: Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: performed in the years, 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, under the Orders of William Edward Parry; with an Appendix containing the Scientific and other Observations. Found 5. Display Records