To the Arctic by canoe, 1819-1821 : the journal and paintings of Robert Hood, midshipman with Franklin /

"To the Arctic by Canoe records the experiences of a remarkable young adventurer, Robert Hood, during the first overland Arctic expedition led by Sir John Franklin. Franklin's expedition was the first to travel the northern coast of North America's Arctic; in two birch-bark canoes the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hood, Robert, 1797-1821
Otros Autores: Houston, C. Stuart (Clarence Stuart), 1927-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994.
Temas:
Hood, Robert, > 1797-1821 > Travel > Northwest, Canadian.
Franklin, John, > Sir, > 1786-1847.
Hood, Robert, > 1797-1821 > Voyages > Nord-Ouest canadien
Hood, Robert, > 1797-1821
Hood, Robert, > (1797-1821) > Voyages > Canada (Nord)
Natural history > Northwest, Canadian.
Sciences naturelles > Nord-Ouest canadien.
TRAVEL > Canada > Prairie Provinces (MB, Sask.)
HISTORY > Expeditions & Discoveries.
Discoveries in geography > British
Natural history
Travel
Sciences naturelles > Territoires du Nord-Ouest (Canada)
Northwest, Canadian > Description and travel.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > British.
Arctic regions > Description and travel.
Nord-Ouest canadien > Descriptions et voyages.
Arctique > Descriptions et voyages.
Arctic Regions
Canada > Canadian Northwest
Territoires du Nord-Ouest (Canada) > Descriptions et voyages.
Arctique > Découverte et exploration britanniques.
Canada (nord) > Descriptions et voyages.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • MAPS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • PREVIOUS USE OF PORTIONS OF HOOD'S JOURNAL
  • Introduction
  • NARRATIVE OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF AN EXPEDITION ON DISCOVERY IN NORTH AMERICA
  • I Gravesend to York Factory
  • 2 York Factory to Cumberland House
  • 3 Cumberland House and Pasquia Hills
  • 4 Account of the Cree Indians
  • 5 The Buffalo, Climate, Aurora Borealis, Magnetic Phenomena
  • 6 Cumberland House to Fort Chipewyan
  • 7 Fort Chipewyan to Fort Enterprize
  • 8 Fort Enterprize to Point Lake
  • Epilogue: The Death of HoodHood's Paintings: Commentary
  • The Men of the Expedition
  • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y

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