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. For this task Sir George Simpson, the company's Governor in North America, selected James ...
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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. For this task Sir George Simpson, the company's Governor in North America, selected James Anderson and James Stewart, veteran employees of the company, and directed them to descend the Black River by canoe to the area which the Inuit reports seemed to identify as the site of the demise of the Franklin expedition. Having assembled the necessary men, supplies and equipment in an amazingly short time, Anderson and Stewart left their base at Fort Resolution on Great Slave Lake on 24 June 1855. They reached the sea at the mouth of the Black River on 30 July and here encountered a group of Inuit who possessed a variety of articles which could only have come from Franklin's ships. Solid sea ice halted their search of the coast at Point Ogle and they were forced to start back south on 9 August. They were back at Fort Resolution by 16 September, having completed an impressive trip in a staggeringly short time. History has tended to judge Anderson and Stewart rather harshly, despite the speed and efficiency of their journey. In fact their real contribution was to pinpoint the site of the tragedy (on King William Island), which the Inuit stories had identified only very vaguely. Their efforts allowed Captain Leopold McClintock to proceed directly to the correct area in 1859 and solve most aspects of the puzzle of what happened to the Franklin expedition.
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Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 950grams, ISBN: 0904180611.
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Very Good in Near Fine jacket. A Very Good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gold, in a Near Fine dust jacket. Little cover wear, but with scattered light pencil marginalia. A review copy from Terrae Incognitae journal, with a letter from the publisher and a copy of the subsequent review laid in.
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Very Good. Size: 6x0x9; The Hakluyt Society; London, 1999. Hardcover. A Very Good, navy blue cloth binding with gilt emblem on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding firm, interior and extremities tidy, trace handling marks/shelf wear, a hint of sunning to text block edges and page margins, mild waving to pages along fore-edge, couple of scuff marks to title page, in a Very Good to Near Fine, trace edge/corner wear, mild sunning to spine, minimal handling/scuff marks to panels, faint smudge mark on front panel, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 292pp., bibliography, indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Very Fine in Very Fine jacket. 9.6 x 6.7 x 0.9. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Fine. Hakluyt Society, London, UK 1999. 308 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy! Unmarked. Size: 9.6 x 6.7 x 0.9. Nautical: History History: Exploration: Polar 6203L.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Small 4to. xv, 292pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Near new with small abrasion to front free endpaper. The expedition by James Anderson and James Stewat, veteran employees of the Hudson Bay Company, in descent of the Black River to search for the Franklin Expedition..
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