This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...Turnagain, on Dease Strait, six and one-half degrees east from the mouth of the Coppermine River. It was a perilous journey in their light canoes, and most of the Indians refused to take it, having no faith that such boats could live amid the blocks of ice and in the storms. Soon after starting they landed on an island ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...Turnagain, on Dease Strait, six and one-half degrees east from the mouth of the Coppermine River. It was a perilous journey in their light canoes, and most of the Indians refused to take it, having no faith that such boats could live amid the blocks of ice and in the storms. Soon after starting they landed on an island where the Eskimos had stored up fishing implements and winter sledges, with dressed seal, musk ox, and deer-skins. "We took from this deposit," says Franklin, "four sealskins to repair our shoes, and left in exchange a copper kettle and some awls and beads." At several places where Eskimos had been encamped, leaving either sledges or skins till their return, Franklin left presents of knives and beads, to show the friendship of the white men. This was but in accordance with the nature of the man so universally beloved and so universally lamented. They explored a gulf and named it Coronation Gulf in honor of George IV., who had recently come to the throne. Hood River was named after Franklin's young companion. Some islands he called Porden, after Miss Eleanor Anne Porden, the daughter of an eminent architect, and a girl of much talent. When Buchan and Franklin made their first trip in the Dorothea and the Trent to the Arctic regions, she wrote a sonnet on the expedition, which led to her acquaintance with Franklin, and a deeper interest in him and his journey. She soon after wrote a poem, assuming the character of an Eskimo maiden, begging Franklin to return to the North. Perhaps he could read between the lines that his return to England would be equally welcomed. On the departure for Fort Enterprise it was decided to take the shortest route overland, one hundred and forty-nine miles in a straight line. The stores and books ...
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Fair to Good. Ex-Library. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Cloth. Fair to Good. Ex-Library. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Clean, spine varnished, chipping at spine ends, wear at cors., gilt + black decor bright. Innards shaken, hinges cracked, text is clean & tight. Usual lib. marks. 509 pp.
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Very Good. ORIGINAL 1893 HARDCOVER, Thomas Y. Crowell. Clean and tight copy, some minor cover wear near binding. Remarkably well-preserved copy. Helps support Christian Homeschooling family.