Arctic Blue Books - British Parliamentary Papers Abstract, 1818

1818. GREAT BRITAIN. (45212)

A bill for more effectually discovering the longitude at sea, and encouraging attempts to find a Northern Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to approach the Northern Pole. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 9 March 1818. 9 p. (Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Sessional papers, Bills public 1818, v. 1, no. 99)

First reading of a bill to provide a system of rewards (amounts not stated) for: accurately finding longitude at sea; accomplishing the Northwest Passage; and approaching within a degree of the North Pole. The bill was enacted May 8, 1818 as 58 Geo. III, c. 20; it provided rewards for finding longitude, of £5,000, £7,500, and £10,000 according to accuracy achieved, with minor rewards for related experimental work of £1,000 annually; for a Northwest Passage, £20,000 was offered; and for approaching the North Pole, £5,000.

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