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From Barrow to Boothia : the Arctic journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease, 1836-1839 /

Over a three-year period from 1837 to 1939, operating from a base-camp at Fort Confidence on Great Bear Lake, the expedition achieved its goal. Despite serious problems with sea ice, Dease and Simpson, in some of the longest small-boat voyages in the history of the Arctic, mapped the remaining gaps...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dease, Peter Warren
Otros Autores: Barr, William
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2002.
Colección:Rupert's Land Record Society series ; 7.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Illustrations and Maps
  • 1 THE MEN AND THEIR TASK
  • 2 NORWAY HOUSE TO FORT CHIPEWYAN
  • 3 THE WINTER AT FORT CHIPEWYAN
  • 4 DOWN THE SLAVE AND THE MACKENZIE
  • 5 WEST TO POINT BARROW AND BACK
  • 6 THE FIRST WINTERING AT FORT CONFIDENCE
  • 7 EASTWARDS, 1838
  • 8 THE SECOND WINTERING AT FORT CONFIDENCE
  • 9 EASTWARDS AGAIN, 1839
  • 10 BACK SOUTH TO FORT SIMPSON
  • 11 AFTERMATH
  • 12 ASSESSMENT
  • Appendix: Biographical Sketches
  • Published Sources
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • Ij
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  • l
  • m
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  • o
  • p
  • q
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