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The Voyage of the Jeannette - The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the... The Voyage of the Jeannette - The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879-1881 (Paperback)
George Washington De Long; Edited by Emma De Long
R1,729 Discovery Miles 17 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

George W. De Long (1844-81) was a US Navy officer who set out to find a new route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. During his voyage, which left San Francisco in 1879, he claimed the De Long Islands for the USA. But when his vessel, the Jeannette, sank, he and his crew abandoned ship, and he eventually died of starvation in Siberia. His doomed expedition is documented in these two volumes, compiled by his wife Emma from his journals and the testimony of the mission's survivors. First published in 1883, Volume 1 begins by sketching De Long's early years and his preparations for the expedition. The remaining chapters record the crew's experiences in the treacherous Arctic, and their brave but vain attempts to save the Jeannette. Providing a vivid account of nineteenth-century Polar exploration, it remains of great interest to scholars of geography and maritime studies.

The Great Sahara - Wanderings South of the Atlas Mountains (Paperback): Henry Baker Tristram The Great Sahara - Wanderings South of the Atlas Mountains (Paperback)
Henry Baker Tristram
R1,655 Discovery Miles 16 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

After sailing on a crowded steamer from Marseilles, Henry Baker Tristram (1822 1906) arrived in Algiers in the winter of 1856, and began preparations for an expedition into the Sahara. Although the northern areas had been well documented by the occupying French forces, the south was little travelled by Europeans. A keen naturalist and later a Fellow of the Linnaean Society, Tristram made meticulous preparations for collecting specimens, and kept a thorough journal as he travelled. This book, one of the first English reports of the South Sahara, published in 1860, is an almost exact transcription of that journal. Travelling with a tin of chocolate and a collection of fine silk handkerchiefs to trade, Tristram made notes on a host of topics, from the flight of flamingos to the government and customs of the native Touareg. His account is still a valuable resource for students of the history of science.

Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 (Paperback): James... Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 (Paperback)
James Hingston Tuckey, Christen Smith
R1,977 Discovery Miles 19 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1816, an expedition to Africa, commanded by Captain James Tuckey (1776-1816), set out on HMS Congo, accompanied by the storeship Dorothy. The aim was to discover more about African geography - of which relatively little was then known - and in particular the connection between the River Congo, also known as the Zaire, and the Niger Basin. The mission failed when eighteen crew members, including Tuckey, died from virulent fevers and attacks by hostile natives. However, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty gave permission for publication of Tuckey's notes, and those of his Norwegian botanist Christen Smith (1785-1816), who also died during the voyage. First published in 1818, the work comprises their narratives of the doomed expedition. At the time it aroused Western interest in Africa, encouraging further research, and it remains of interest to geographers, botanists and scholars of African studies today.

A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean - For the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale... A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean - For the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, and Other Objects of Commerce (Paperback)
James Colnett
R1,406 Discovery Miles 14 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

British naval officer James Colnett (1753-1806) served on many voyages during his career. He was a midshipman on Captain Cook's second voyage, and in 1774, he was first to sight New Caledonia, which led to Cook naming Cape Colnett after him. Later in his career, he was in command of the fur-trading expedition that resulted in the Nootka Crisis and near-war between Spain and England. In this book, first published in 1798, Colnett gives an account of the voyage he commanded to the Antarctic in 1793. The expedition's success at charting suitable places for ships to anchor was instrumental to the development of the whaling industry in the area. This book contains accounts and maps of the islands and coastlands visited during the expedition. Among the islands visited were the Galapagos Islands, and Charles Darwin is known to have had a copy of this book on HMS Beagle.

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe - With a Historical Review of Previous Journeys along the North Coast of the Old... The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe - With a Historical Review of Previous Journeys along the North Coast of the Old World (Paperback)
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskioeld; Translated by Alexander Leslie
R1,933 Discovery Miles 19 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Finnish geologist and Arctic explorer A. E. Nordenskioeld (1832-1901) spent much of his life in exile in Sweden, where he was made a baron. He served as Superintendent of the Mineralogical Department of the Swedish Royal Museum, and later became a Member of the Swedish Academy. Following a number of expeditions during the 1860s, he concluded that the North Pole could not be reached by ship, and in 1872 he tried unsuccessfully to reach it overland. A great historian of cartography, he amassed a huge collection of maps, now included in UNESCO's 'Memory of the World' Register. This two-volume work, published in Swedish in 1881, describes his most famous voyage, the first crossing of the North-East Passage. Volume 1 includes details of the flora, fauna, people and geology encountered on the journey from Tromso to the Bering Strait, along with a review of previous exploration in the region.

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe - With a Historical Review of Previous Journeys along the North Coast of the Old... The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe - With a Historical Review of Previous Journeys along the North Coast of the Old World (Paperback)
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskioeld; Translated by Alexander Leslie
R1,739 Discovery Miles 17 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Finnish geologist and Arctic explorer A. E. Nordenskioeld (1832-1901) spent much of his life in exile in Sweden, where he was made a baron. He served as Superintendent of the Mineralogical Department of the Swedish Royal Museum, and later became a Member of the Swedish Academy. Following a number of expeditions during the 1860s, he concluded that the North Pole could not be reached by ship, and in 1872 he tried unsuccessfully to reach it overland. A great historian of cartography, he amassed a huge collection of maps, now included in UNESCO's 'Memory of the World' Register. This two-volume work, published in Swedish in 1881, describes his most famous voyage, the first crossing of the North-East Passage. Volume 2 follows the expedition from the Bering Strait to Yokohama in Japan, and the return journey to Sweden, through the India Ocean, the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean, in 1879.

The Open Polar Sea - A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, in the Schooner United States (Paperback):... The Open Polar Sea - A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, in the Schooner United States (Paperback)
Isaac Israel Hayes
R1,423 Discovery Miles 14 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Open Polar Sea was one of the most prevalent myths of nineteenth-century Arctic exploration. Several explorers had hypothesised a stretch of ice-free sea between Greenland and the North Pole, and several expeditions set out in search of it. One of these was planned and led by Isaac Israel Hayes (1832-81), an American physician and explorer. This account of the expedition, first published in 1866, was compiled from his journals. Having left Boston in a small schooner so overloaded with equipment that a passenger could lean over the deck rail and touch the sea, Hayes and his crew almost faced shipwreck off Nova Scotia and regularly saw their cabins flooded on their way to Greenland, where, in calmer weather, they encountered the first palatial ice floes. Written for the general reader rather than for scientific purposes, this book still serves as an accessible, entertaining guide to the voyage.

The Two Voyages of the Pandora - In 1875 and 1876 (Paperback): Allen Young The Two Voyages of the Pandora - In 1875 and 1876 (Paperback)
Allen Young
R917 Discovery Miles 9 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Sir Allen Young (1827-1915), was a merchant navy officer and experienced polar explorer. He took part in several expeditions before those of the Pandora including as navigator to McClintock on the Fox to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin. He was also in command of the Fox on the 1860 North Atlantic Telegraph Expedition to assess the practicality of a cable route between Europe and America across the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland. In 1875 and 1876 he led two expeditions in the Canadian Arctic on the steam yacht Pandora. The first, the British North-West Passage Expedition, was an attempt to reach the magnetic pole via Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound, and to navigate the North-West Passage in one season. The second was a further attempt on the North-West Passage, but also to deliver dispatches to George Nares' Arctic expedition. These compelling accounts were first published together in 1879.

Rambles in Japan - The Land of the Rising Sun (Paperback): Henry Baker Tristram Rambles in Japan - The Land of the Rising Sun (Paperback)
Henry Baker Tristram
R1,244 Discovery Miles 12 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Clergyman and ornithologist H. B. Tristram (1822-1906), was an early supporter of Darwin's evolutionary theories - in his 1859 paper 'On the Ornithology of North Africa' - who became both a Fellow of the Royal Society and canon residentiary of Durham; he was also the Church Missionary Society's representative in the county for forty years. This 1895 volume, the last of many travel narratives he published, is an account of a sojourn in Japan, visiting his daughter Katherine, then headmistress of the Society's school for girls in Osaka. As well as describing the country's minority Christian communities, Tristram's highly readable narrative covers Japanese customs, industries, shrines and ornithology, with excursus on both native wild birds and local practices for taming them. It illustrates the author's ongoing interest in both religion and the natural sciences, as well as illuminating cultural contact between Britain and Japan in this formative period.

From Edinburgh to the Antarctic - An Artist's Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93... From Edinburgh to the Antarctic - An Artist's Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93 (Paperback)
William Gordon Burn-Murdoch; Contributions by W. S Bruce
R1,394 Discovery Miles 13 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Scottish artist W. G. Burn Murdoch (1862-1939) joined a whaling expedition to Antarctica that left Dundee in 1892. He was on board the barque Balaena, the largest of the ships in the group, and under the command of Captain Fairweather. They were searching for the valuable Bowhead whale, which had been sighted on Ross' 1839-43 Antarctic expedition. Although unsuccessful at achieving this aim, the ships returned in 1893 loaded with seal pelts. First published in 1894, this is Murdoch's account of the expedition, illustrated throughout with his sketches. He documents each stage of the voyage, and describes living conditions on the Balaena. His illustrations include scenes such as the Ship's departure and ice landscapes, as well as focusing on the daily work of the crew. The Ship's naturalist, William S. Bruce (1867-1921), wrote the final chapter, focusing on the scientific observations he made during the voyage.

The Love-life of Dr Kane - Containing the Correspondence, and a History of the Acquaintance, Engagement, and Secret Marriage... The Love-life of Dr Kane - Containing the Correspondence, and a History of the Acquaintance, Engagement, and Secret Marriage between Elisha K. Kane and Margaret Fox (Paperback)
Anonymous
R952 Discovery Miles 9 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Elisha Kane (1820-57) was a famous US Arctic explorer who fell in love with the well-known New York spiritualist Margaret Fox (1836-93). When their secret engagement was revealed, it caused much controversy and Fox was later accused of fabricating their subsequent marriage. She wanted to publish their correspondence in 1862 to clear her name, but Kane's family - who disapproved of Fox and did not believe the couple ever married - halted the book's publication and they reached a settlement. When they failed to make agreed payments to Fox, she decided to publish the letters in 1866. The subsequent volume charts the couple's courtship from its beginnings in 1852 until Kane's death, and reveals the ups and downs of their tumultuous relationship, especially Kane's desire for Fox to stop her spiritualist practices. It presents an intimate account of the romance between two prominent nineteenth-century public figures.

The Voyage of the Jeannette - The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the... The Voyage of the Jeannette - The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879-1881 (Paperback)
George Washington De Long; Edited by Emma De Long
R1,737 Discovery Miles 17 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

George W. De Long (1844-81) was a US Navy officer who set out to find a new route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. During his voyage, which left San Francisco in 1879, he claimed the De Long Islands for the USA. But when his vessel, the Jeannette, sank, the crew abandoned ship, and he eventually died of starvation in Siberia. Compiled by his wife from his journals and the testimony of the survivors, these two volumes document De Long's doomed expedition. First published in 1883, Volume 2 records the Jeannette's final wreckage, and the crew's continuation of their perilous mission in smaller boats. It concludes with the discovery of De Long's records, and later his remains, by surviving crew member George Melville. Providing a vivid account of nineteenth-century Polar exploration, it remains of great interest to scholars of geography and maritime studies.

Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope - Forming the Completion of her Memoirs (Paperback): Charles Lewis Meryon Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope - Forming the Completion of her Memoirs (Paperback)
Charles Lewis Meryon
R1,398 Discovery Miles 13 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The adventurous and unconventional Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839) set off to travel to the East in the early nineteenth century. She had been hostess to her uncle, British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, and after his death she received a government pension and decided to leave England. Her personal physician Charles Meryon (1783-1877) wrote this three-volume memoir of their travels, first published in 1846. She had a reputation as an eccentric, but thought of herself as the 'Queen of the desert' and indeed achieved considerable influence in the places she travelled to. Eventually she settled in the Lebanon, where she lived out the remainder of her life. Volume 1 describes travels in Greece, Egypt, Palestine and Syria, and an account of being shipwrecked near Rhodes. It concludes with the party's arrival in Damascus, where Lady Hester dressed in men's clothing and refused to wear a veil.

Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope - Forming the Completion of her Memoirs (Paperback): Charles Lewis Meryon Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope - Forming the Completion of her Memoirs (Paperback)
Charles Lewis Meryon
R1,402 Discovery Miles 14 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The adventurous and unconventional Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839) set off to travel to the East in the early nineteenth century. She had been hostess to her uncle, British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, and after his death she received a government pension and decided to leave England. Her personal physician Charles Meryon (1783-1877) wrote this three-volume memoir of their travels, first published in 1846. She had a reputation as an eccentric, but thought of herself as the 'Queen of the desert' and indeed achieved considerable influence in the places she travelled to. Eventually she settled in the Lebanon, where she lived out the remainder of her life. Volume 2 begins in Damascus, and includes Lady Hester's dangerous trip to Palmyra, where she had been advised it would be impossible for a woman to go. It also includes accounts of plague in Syria, and of Bedouin life.

Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope - Forming the Completion of her Memoirs (Paperback): Charles Lewis Meryon Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope - Forming the Completion of her Memoirs (Paperback)
Charles Lewis Meryon
R1,566 Discovery Miles 15 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The adventurous and unconventional Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839) set off to travel to the East in the early nineteenth century. She had been hostess to her uncle, British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, and after his death she received a government pension and decided to leave England. Her personal physician Charles Meryon (1783-1877) wrote this three-volume memoir of their travels, first published in 1846. She had a reputation as an eccentric, but thought of herself as the 'Queen of the desert' and indeed achieved considerable influence in the places she travelled to. Eventually she settled in the Lebanon, where she lived out the remainder of her life. Volume 3 includes Lady Hester's failed attempt to find hidden treasure among the ruins of Ascalon, and details of her actions after a French traveller was killed in the desert and she ordered the punishment of the offenders.

Eastern Pilgrims - The Travels of Three Ladies (Paperback): Agnes Smith Lewis Eastern Pilgrims - The Travels of Three Ladies (Paperback)
Agnes Smith Lewis
R1,381 Discovery Miles 13 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Scottish twin sisters Agnes Lewis (1843 1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843 1920), heiresses of an extremely wealthy man, between them learned numerous languages, including Modern Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Syriac, and became pioneering biblical scholars and explorers at a time when women rarely ventured to foreign lands. Their initial desire to travel to the Holy Land was encouraged by their Presbyterian minister. Setting out with their former teacher, Grace Blyth, in 1868, they travelled across Europe to Greece, Turkey, Egypt and Palestine. In this 1870 account, Lewis vividly describes the discomfort of long-distance travel, especially for women, and their encounters with the people they met on the way. At Constantinople they were struck by the beauty of Hagia Sophia, and saw whirling dervishes. They had some difficulties with their guide in Egypt, but this did not deter them, and they continued on to Palestine before returning to Europe.

The Life of Sir John Franklin, R.N. (Paperback): Henry Duff Traill The Life of Sir John Franklin, R.N. (Paperback)
Henry Duff Traill
R1,762 Discovery Miles 17 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Henry Duff Traill (1842 1900) was a prolific journalist, satirist and author. The son of a magistrate, he was called to the Bar in 1869 but began working as a journalist at the Yorkshire Post soon afterwards. He contributed to several newspapers, acting as chief political leader writer at The Daily Telegraph from 1882 to 1897 and editing The Observer for two years. He later became the editor of Literature, holding this post until his death. Among his diverse published works were six biographies, of which the most in-depth was that of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. Published in 1896 and drawing on personal documents provided by the Franklin family, it provides a picture of Franklin's character and personal life, alongside a detailed account of his career. Written fifty years after Franklin's presumed death, this work also covers the aftermath of his final ill-fated voyage in search of a north-west passage.

Narrative of a Journey into Persia, in the Suite of the Imperial Russian Embassy, in the Year 1817 (Paperback): Moritz Von... Narrative of a Journey into Persia, in the Suite of the Imperial Russian Embassy, in the Year 1817 (Paperback)
Moritz Von Kotzebue
R1,386 Discovery Miles 13 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Moritz von Kotzebue (1789 1861), son of the German dramatist and an experienced seaman and soldier, who had faced Bonaparte's troops on the battlefield, travelled to the court of Fath Ali Shah Qajar (1772 1834), the king of Persia, with a Russian embassy in 1817. His account of the journey was published in German in 1819, and an English translation was published in the same year, claiming to offer a different perspective from the ordinary run of British writings on Persia. Covering the journey from St Petersburg through the Caucasus and down to Soltaniyeh, where the embassy meets the Shah, the work is a compilation of day-to-day observations on people and events. The author is astute and witty, and the book is not only an interesting read but also a useful source for the region's social history; a lengthy description of the Shah's court is particularly impressive.

Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the Years 1837, 38, and 39 (Paperback):... Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the Years 1837, 38, and 39 (Paperback)
George Grey
R1,568 Discovery Miles 15 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Educated at Sandhurst, Sir George Grey (1812 98) became Governor of South Australia when he was not yet thirty. Later he served as Governor of New Zealand and High Commissioner for South Africa, and in the 1870s he enjoyed a period as Premier of New Zealand. Although he liked to portray himself as 'good Governor Grey' some of his contemporaries found him ruthless and manipulative. Like many other Victorian administrators, he was convinced that the 'savage' natives needed to be 'raised' properly in order to become more like Europeans. In this 1841 publication, Grey writes about two expeditions to North West Australia that took place under his leadership in 1837 9. In Volume 1, he tells of the difficulties that the expedition encountered while seeking a site for settlement, including an incident when the spear of a 'coloured man' wounded him and he shot the 'wretched savage'.

Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the Years 1837, 38, and 39 (Paperback):... Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the Years 1837, 38, and 39 (Paperback)
George Grey
R1,742 Discovery Miles 17 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Educated at Sandhurst, Sir George Grey (1812 98) became Governor of South Australia when he was not yet thirty. Later he served as Governor of New Zealand and High Commissioner for South Africa, and in the 1870s he enjoyed a period as premier of New Zealand. Although he liked to portray himself as 'good Governor Grey', some of his contemporaries found him ruthless and manipulative. Like many other Victorian administrators, he was convinced that the 'savage' natives needed to be 'improved' in order to become more like Europeans. In this 1841 publication, Grey writes about two expeditions to North West Australia that took place under his leadership in 1837 9. Both expeditions encountered difficulties, and Grey himself was seriously wounded. In Volume 2, Grey focuses on the language and culture of the native Australians, and reveals his plans for 'raising' the Aborigines to what he regards a 'civilised' level.

A Chronological History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery - And of the Early Eastern Navigations of the Russians... A Chronological History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery - And of the Early Eastern Navigations of the Russians (Paperback)
James Burney
R1,327 Discovery Miles 13 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Rear-Admiral James Burney (1750 1821), brother of the novelist Fanny Burney and son of the musicologist Dr Charles Burney, is best known for his five-volume compilation of voyages in the Pacific Ocean (also reissued in this series). He began his maritime career at the age of ten, as a captain's servant. Five years later he became a naval officer, and from 1772 to 1780 served on Cook's second and third voyages to the South Seas. Following his forced retirement in 1784, he turned to his second career as an author. Published in 1819, this work summarises nine hundred years of exploration of the coastline from Northern Europe to North-East Asia, from the Norse chieftain Ochter's voyage around the North Cape in 890 CE to Captain Billings' 1790 expedition to the Aleutian Islands. He concludes with a detailed discussion of the search for a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Land - How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World (Paperback): Simon Winchester Land - How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World (Paperback)
Simon Winchester
R577 R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Save R139 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827 (Paperback): John Franklin,... Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827 (Paperback)
John Franklin, John Richardson
R2,546 Discovery Miles 25 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Sir John Franklin (1786 1847) joined the Navy at the age of fourteen and saw action at Copenhagen and Trafalgar. Between those battles, he circumnavigated Australia with his uncle, Matthew Flinders; he became famous after his first major expedition to northern Canada in 1819 22, although it resulted in the deaths of over half of his men. Accounts of both of these voyages are also reissued in this series. Franklin returned to the Arctic in 1825, and this, his second book, describes that more successful endeavour. Published in 1828, it records the expedition's planning, route, scientific observations, and the mapping of over 1200 miles of Canada's northern coastline. The party included two artists, and their work is reproduced in over thirty engravings. Franklin was later posted to the Mediterranean and Tasmania, but in 1845 embarked on his disastrous third expedition to the North-West Passage, during which he and his entire crew were lost.

A Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador (Paperback): George... A Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador (Paperback)
George Cartwright
R1,613 Discovery Miles 16 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

George Cartwright (1739 1819) was a soldier, trader and explorer who spent sixteen years travelling and working in Labrador in northern Canada. In 1754, he entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in London before taking up a commission in the Indian army. In 1760, he served in the Seven Years' War, returning to England with the rank of Captain. After his army career, he turned to exploration and set himself up as a trader along the Labrador coast of Canada, making six expeditions from 1770 86 between Cape St Charles and Hamilton Inlet. Published in 1792, this is the first book in a three-volume work that recounts the author's adventures along the Labrador coast, vividly portraying the land and the culture of the indigenous peoples. It covers Cartwright's first two expeditions (1770 3), and opens with a short autobiography. Each volume also includes a glossary of unusual terms.

A Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador (Paperback): George... A Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador (Paperback)
George Cartwright
R2,176 Discovery Miles 21 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

George Cartwright (1739 1819) was a soldier, trader and explorer who spent sixteen years travelling and working in Labrador in northern Canada. In 1754, he entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in London before taking up a commission in the Indian army. In 1760, he served in the Seven Years' War, returning to England with the rank of Captain. After his army career, he turned to exploration and set himself up as a trader along the Labrador coast of Canada, making six expeditions from 1770 86 between Cape St Charles and Hamilton Inlet. Published in 1792, this is the second book in a three-volume work that recounts the author's adventures along the Labrador coast, vividly portraying the land and the culture of the indigenous peoples. This volume covers Cartwright's third and fourth expeditions, between 1773 and 1779. Each volume also includes a glossary of unusual terms.

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