John Rae, Arctic explorer the unfinished autobiography
"John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Rae's accomplishments is much greater. Over five expeditions, Rae mapped some 1,550 miles (1,850 kilometres) of Arctic coastline; he is undoubtedly one of the Arctic's g...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada :
Polynya Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press
2019.
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| Edición: | 1st electronic ed |
| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44363084*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Epigraph; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Autobiography; Maps; 1 Orkney Childhood; 2 Voyage to Hudson Bay and a Winter on Charlton Island; 3 Moose Factory; 4 Moose Factory-Fort Garry-Toronto-York Factory; 5 1846-1847 Arctic Expedition; 6 Searching for Franklin with Sir John Richardson, 1848; 7 Winter at Fort Confidence, 1848-1849; 8 Bourgeois at Fort Simpson; 9 North Again-And Another Winter at Fort Confidence; 10 Sledge Expedition to Victoria Island, Spring 1851; 11 Boat Expedition, Summer 1851.
- 12 From Fort Chipewyan to Fort Garry to England13 Back to the Arctic, 1853; 14 From Churchill to Repulse Bay; 15 A Second Winter at Repulse Bay, 1853-1854; 16 North Again-To Close the Last Gap; 17 The Second Half of His Life; Appendix 1: John Rae's Assessment of his Achievments as an Explorer; Appendix 2: On Ice-Its Formation, Appendix 3: Building a Snow House; Biographical Sketches; Notes; References; Index; About the Editor and Author; Other Titles from University of Alberta Press.
