John Rae S Arctic Correspondence 1844 1855
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John Rae S Arctic Correspondence 1844 1855
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Author : John Rae
language : en
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
Release Date : 2014
John Rae S Arctic Correspondence 1844 1855 written by John Rae and has been published by TouchWood Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
Although Arctic explorer and Hudson Bay Company surveyor John Rae (1813-1893) travelled and recorded the final uncharted sections of the Northwest Passage, he is best known for his controversial discovery of the fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845. Based on evidence given to him by local Inuit, Rae determined that Franklin's crew had resorted to cannibalism in their final, desperate days. Seen as maligning a national hero, Rae was shunned by British society. This collection of personal correspondence--reissued here for the first time since its original publication in 1953--illuminates the details of Rae's expeditions through his own words. The letters offer a glimpse into Rae's daily life, his ideas, musings, and troubles. Prefaced by the original, thorough introduction detailing his early life, John Rae's Arctic Correspondence is a crucial resource for any Arctic enthusiast. This new edition features a foreword by researcher and Arctic enthusiast Ken McGoogan, the award-winning author of eleven books, including Fatal Passage: The Untold Story of John Rae (HarperCollins, 2002).
John Rae S Correspondence With The Hudson S Bay Company On Arctic Exploration 1844 45
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Author : John Rae
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
John Rae S Correspondence With The Hudson S Bay Company On Arctic Exploration 1844 45 written by John Rae and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with Arctic regions categories.
John Rae Arctic Explorer
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Author : John Rae
language : en
Publisher: University of Alberta
Release Date : 2019-01-03
John Rae Arctic Explorer written by John Rae and has been published by University of Alberta this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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 (2,494 kilometres) of Arctic coastline; he is undoubtedly one of the Arctic’s greatest explorers, yet today his significance is all but lost. John Rae, Arctic Explorer is an annotated version of Rae’s unfinished autobiography. William Barr has extended Rae’s previously unpublished manuscript and completed his story based on Rae’s reports and correspondence—including reaction to his revelations about the Franklin Expedition. Barr’s meticulously researched, long overdue presentation of Rae’s life and legacy is an immensely valuable addition to the literature of Arctic exploration.
The Arctic Journals Of John Rae
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Author : John Rae
language : en
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
Release Date : 2012-09-18
The Arctic Journals Of John Rae written by John Rae and has been published by TouchWood Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-18 with History categories.
Scottish doctor and explorer John Rae is a controversial figure in the history of the Arctic. He began his career with the Hudson's Bay Company as a surgeon in Moose Factory, Ontario, where he learned to survey, live off the land, and travel great distances on snowshoes. These skills served him well when, in 1846, he was charged with completing the geography of the northern shore of North America and set out on his first expedition. Some years later, while exploring the Boothia Peninsula in 1854, Rae obtained information about the rather shocking fate of the Franklin expedition, which had been missing since 1845. Upon his return to England, however, Rae was discredited by Charles Dickens and shunned by the British establishment, never receiving proper recognition for his roles in finding the Northwest Passage and discovering the fate of Franklin and his crew. The Arctic Journals of John Rae is the definitive collection of John Rae's writings, from his only published work, Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847, to obscure notes and journals and reports of his controversial findings in 1854. An accomplished explorer who had great respect for the customs and skills of the peoples native to the Arctic, John Rae is a fascinating figure and an important part of the history of the North.
Arctic Hell Ship
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Author : William Barr
language : en
Publisher: University of Alberta
Release Date : 2007-06
Arctic Hell Ship written by William Barr and has been published by University of Alberta this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1850, Richard Collinson captained the HMS Enterprise on a voyage to the Arctic via the Bering Strait in search of the missing Franklin expedition. Arctic Hell-Ship describes the daily progress of this little-known Arctic expedition, and examines the steadily worsening relations between Collinson and his officers. William Barr has based his research on a wide range of original archival documents, and the book is illustrated with a selection of vivid paintings by the ship's assistant surgeon, Edward Adams.
John Rae S Correspondence With The Hudson S Bay Company On Arctic Exploration 1844 1855
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Author : Hudson's Bay Record Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
John Rae S Correspondence With The Hudson S Bay Company On Arctic Exploration 1844 1855 written by Hudson's Bay Record Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with Arctic regions categories.
The Gates Of Hell
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Author : Andrew D. Lambert
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2014-05-14
The Gates Of Hell written by Andrew D. Lambert and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From one of our foremost naval historians, the compelling story of the doomed Arctic voyage of the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, commanded by Captain Sir John Franklin. Andrew Lambert, a leading authority on naval history, reexamines the life of Sir John Franklin and his final, doomed Arctic voyage. Franklin was a man of his time, fascinated, even obsessed with, the need to explore the world; he had already mapped nearly two-thirds of the northern coastline of North America when he undertook his third Arctic voyage in 1845, at the age of fifty-nine. His two ships were fitted with the latest equipment; steam engines enabled them to navigate the pack ice, and he and his crew had a three-year supply of preserved and tinned food and more than one thousand books. Despite these preparations, the voyage ended in catastrophe: the ships became imprisoned in the ice, and the men were wracked by disease and ultimately wiped out by hypothermia, scurvy, and cannibalism. Franklin's mission was ostensibly to find the elusive North West Passage, a viable sea route between Europe and Asia reputed to lie north of the American continent. Lambert shows for the first time that there were other scientific goals for the voyage and that the disaster can only be understood by reconsidering the original objectives of the mission. Franklin, commonly dismissed as a bumbling fool, emerges as a more important and impressive figure, in fact, a hero of navigational science.
A Country So Interesting
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Author : Richard I. Ruggles
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1991-02-01
A Country So Interesting written by Richard I. Ruggles and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-02-01 with History categories.
A vital part of A Country So Interesting are the annotated catalogues of all the maps known to have been produced by the Hudson's Bay Company: 838 maps and 557 sketches. While most are in the Company's archives in Manitoba, Ruggles has tracked down maps in other collections, particularly in various libraries in London, England. Also included are sixty-six reproductions of the most important maps and map details.
Franklin
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Author : Andrew Lambert
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2011-06-16
Franklin written by Andrew Lambert and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1845 Captain Sir John Franklin led a large, well equipped expedition to complete the conquest of the Canadian Arctic, to find the fabled North West Passage connecting the North Atlantic to the North Pacific. Yet Franklin, his ships and his men were fated never to return. The cause of their loss remains a mystery. In Franklin, Andrew Lambert presents a gripping account of the worst catastrophe in the history of British exploration, and the dark tales of cannibalism that surround the fate of those involved. Shocked by the disappearance of all 129 officers and men, and sickened by reports of cannibalism, the Victorians re-created Franklin as the brave Christian hero who laid down his life, and those of his men. Later generations have been more sceptical about Franklin and his supposed selfless devotion to duty. But does either view really explain why this outstanding scientific navigator found his ships trapped in pack ice seventy miles from magnetic north? In 2014 Canadian explorers discovered the remains of Franklin's ship. His story is now being brought to a whole new generation, and Andrew Lambert's book gives the best analysis of what really happened to the crew. In its incredible detail and its arresting narrative, Franklin re-examines the life and the evidence with Lambert's customary brilliance and authority. In this riveting story of the Arctic, he discovers a new Franklin: a character far more complex, and more truly heroic, than previous histories have allowed. '[A]nother brilliant piece of research combined with old-fashioned detective work . . . utterly compelling.' Dr Amanda Foreman
Tracking The Franklin Expedition Of 1845
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Author : Stephen Zorn
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-08-29
Tracking The Franklin Expedition Of 1845 written by Stephen Zorn and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-29 with History categories.
The Franklin Northwest Passage Expedition of 1845 is perhaps the greatest disaster in the history of exploration--all 129 men vanished, as did the expedition's two ships, HMS Erebus and Terror. Over the next 150 years, searchers found bones, clothing and a variety of relics. Inuit narratives provided some of the details of what happened to the frozen, starving sailors after they deserted their ice-locked ships in 1848. Then, in 2014 and 2016, Canadian researchers found the sunken wrecks, not far from the bleak, windswept King William Island in the Arctic. At last, the mystery of the Franklin Expedition would be solved. Or would it? This book pulls together the various searchers' discoveries; the many recent scientific studies that shed light on when, how and why the men died (and whether, in extremis, they ate each other); and illuminates what we know, and what we don't and may never know, about the fate of the expedition.