| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, 0072-9396 ; 3rd ser., no. 1 |
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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 3rd ser., no. 1. 0072-9396
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Plates; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Genesis of the Expedition; Documents; 2 The Company Accepts the Challenge; Documents; 3 The Wheels in Motion; Documents; 4 Getting to the Rendezvous; Documents; 5 The Journey to the Artic Ocean; Documents; 6 James Lockhart's Support Expedition to Fort Reliance; Documents; 7 The Expedition Disperses; Documents; 8 Reports of the Expedition's Achievements; Documents; 9 Contemporary Reactions to the Results of the Expedition; Documents; 10 Complaints Against Stewart; 11 Accounting, Awards and Relics; Documents; Documents |
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12 Enigmas and Loose EndsDocuments; 13 Later Searches and Assessments; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
In the Autumn of 1854 Dr John Rae of the Hudson's Bay Company astonished the world with the first news of the fate of the Franklin expedition, missing in the Arctic since 1845, on the basis of stories, rather vague as to time and place, which he had heard from Inuit in the vicinity of Pelly Bay. The response of the Admiralty was to ask the Hudson's Bay Company to mount an overland expedition to attempt to confirm the Inuit reports. This volume covers the expedition |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Anderson, James, 1800-1867 -- Diaries
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Stewart, James, 1825-1881 -- Diaries
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Anderson, James, 1800-1867 -- Travel
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Stewart, James, 1825-1881 -- Travel
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Franklin, John, 1786-1847
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Anderson, James, 1800-1867 fast |
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Franklin, John, 1786-1847 fast |
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Stewart, James, 1825-1881 fast |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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TRAVEL -- Australia & Oceania.
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Discoveries in geography
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Travel
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Expedition
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Expedities.
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Verdwenen personen.
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Noordwestpassage.
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Geschichte 1855.
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006958
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Canada, Northern -- Discovery and exploration
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Back River (N.W.T. and Nunavut) -- Discovery and exploration
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Arctic Regions
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Canada -- Back River
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Northern Canada
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Arktis
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barr, William, 1940-
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| ISBN |
9781472460622 |
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1472460626 |
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