The Journal of Rochfort Maguire, 1852-1854: Two Years at Point Barrow, Alaska, aboard HMS Plover in Search for Sir John Franklin Volume I by John Bockstoce (1999)
In 1845 Sir John Franklin's expedition left England, searching for a northwest passage, and vanished into the Arctic forever. Three years later HMS Plover's was the first departure of 21 expeditions searching for Franklin. Although most of the analyses of the Franklin Search have focused on the large expeditions in the eastern Arctic, the smaller western expeditions also produced significant geographical and ethnographical information. The Plover's voyage of 1848 to 1854 was the first constant presence of Europeans in the western Arctic, and Rochfort Maguire's journal is the earliest account of a sustained foreign association with the Eskimos of northern Alaska. Maguire's journal is far more than an important historical document; it is a fascinating account of Europeans and Eskimos learning to cope with one another. Maguire's narrative is introduced by a detailed discussion of the history, strategy and logistics of the Franklin Search in the western Arctic. Appendices include accounts of the Search's five boat expeditions near Point Barrow as well as Dr John Simpson's seminal essay on the Eskimos of northern Alaska. The main pagination of this and the following volume (Second series 170) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1987.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780904180244
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95183533
Product Key Features
Author
John Bockstoce
Publication Name
The Journal of Rochfort Maguire, 1852-1854: Two Years at Point Barrow, Alaska, aboard HMS Plover in Search for Sir John Franklin Volume I
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
332 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
462g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Hakluyt Society, Second Series
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Editor
John Bockstoce
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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