Life with the Esquimaux. The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque, George Henry, from the 29th May 1860 to the 13th September 1862. With the Results of a Long Intercourse with the Inuit and Full Description of their Mode of Life, the Discovery of Actual Relics of the Expedition of Martin Frobisher of Three Centuries Ago, and Deductions in Favour of yet Discovering Some of the Survivors of Sir John Franklin's Expedition.
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London, Sampson Low and others 1864. 2 volumes. 1st edition. 8vo. Xvi, 324pp; xii, 352pp. With Plates, woodcut illustration, 1 folding map. Original green cloth volumes, boards with with decoration in gilt, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Minor wear. In all a good set in the original bindings. With the bookplate of the Officers Library. Royal Marines Chatham. Some very minor soiling to cloth boards. Overall clean, and very good. Halls intention was to reach King William Island in search of Franklin relics not discovered by McClintock. However, at Cyrus Field Bay a storm wrecked his boat the George Henry (named after his main sponsor George Henry Grinnell). During the wintering, he befriended local Inuit Ebierbing and Tookoolito (Joe and Hannah) who accompanied him on the rest of the expedition, and who became famous when they returned to the United States with Hall. Exploring around Frobisher Bay, Hall discovered and collected some relics of the Frobisher expeditions. Hall had to winter for a second time when the George Henry was beset in ice. Hall thrived in the Arctic by being one of the few explorers to follow the time-tested adaptations of the Indigenous population.
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- Life with the Esquimaux. The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque, George Henry, from the 29th May 1860 to the 13th September 1862. With the Results of a Long Intercourse with the Inuit and Full Description of their Mode of Life, the Discovery of Actual Relics of the Expedition of Martin Frobisher of Three Centuries Ago, and Deductions in Favour of yet Discovering Some of the Survivors of Sir John Franklin's Expedition.
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Specialities are Travel and exploration, voyages and scientific travels. Africa, Orient, Asia, Polar regions, America, Russia, Siberia, Pacific, Australia are the main regions.
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