Arctic artist : the journal and paintings of George Back, midshipman with Franklin, 1819-1822

Book 1994

George Back accompanied Sir John Franklin's tragic first Arctic land expedition and kept a lively record in prose and watercolor sketches. This is a reprint of the 1994 work which completed the editor's trilogy of the journals of Franklin's officers. Houston provides an introduction and extensive annotations. Arctic Artist is the liveliest and most complete account of Sir John Franklin's tragic first Arctic land expedition. George Back's prose ca...

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Back, George, 1796-1878 Diaries

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ISBN:

9780773511811
0773511814

Description:

xxviii, 403 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-387) and index

Contents:

List of figures
List of maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on the text
George Back's journal: Stromness to York factory
York factory to Cumberland House
Cumberland House to Fort Carlton
Fort Carlton to Fort Chipewyan
Fort Chipewyan to Fort Enterprise
To Point Lake and return
Fort Enterprise to Fort Chipewyan
Fort Chipewyan to Fort Enterprise --Preparations to leave Fort Enterprise
Descent of the Coppermine River
Exploring the Arctic Coastline
Point Turnagain to Obstruction Rapids
Obstruction Rapids to Moose Deer island
Great Slave Lake to York Factory
Postscript
Figures

LCCN:

95183518

Control Number:

52884

Other Authors:

Houston, C. Stuart (Clarence Stuart), 1927-
MacLaren, I. S., 1951-
Rupert's Land Record Society

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