Life With the Esquimaux - The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall of Whaling Barque

Klappentext First published in 1864, this two-volume work describes the American explorer Charles Francis Hall's first Arctic expedition. Zusammenfassung First published in 1864, this two-volume work is an account by the American explorer Charles Francis Hall (1821–71) of his journey to the Arctic to investigate the fate of Sir John Franklin's 1847 expedition. In Volume 2 he recounts his discovery of artefacts from Martin Frobisher's sixteenth-century voyage. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Journey to the Unknown, or 'Dreaded Land'; 2. An excursion to the whaling depot; 3. The 'George Henry' free from her icy prison; 4. Departure on boat-voyage to explore Frobisher Bay; 5. Chewing old boots; 6. Encampment on Rae's Point; 7. Peale Point; 8. Departure from Greenwood's Land; 9. Land on an island; 10. A storm; 11. Visit to the friendly natives; 12. The anvil; 13. Sick Mam-ma-yat-che-ung immured in a living tomb!; 14. Movements of the ship's company; 15. Commencement of a sledge-journey up Frobisher Bay; 16. Continue the journey up Frobisher Bay; 17. Innuit food; 18. Ebierbing and Tookoolito; 19. Revisit Victoria Bay; 20. The Innuit name; Appendices.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Francis Hall
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108041393
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04139-3
• No. of pages: 370
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology; Life with the Esquimaux 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, TRAVEL / Polar Regions, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Expeditions: popular accounts, Arctic regions, Classic Travel Writing