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 (1,850 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 William Barr has extended Rae's previously unpublished manuscript and completed his story based on Rae's reports and correspondence--including reaction to his revelations about the Franklin Expedition.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.--$cProvided by publisher.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2018.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 917.1904/1092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- r------
- ISBN
- 9781772123852 9781772123326
- LCCN
- G635.R25
- LCCN Item number
- A3 2018eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxxiv, 649 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00239535 (OCoLC)1080218981 (CaOOCEL)458116
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Front cover 1
- Title page 4
- Copyright page 5
- Epigraph 6
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgements 10
- Introduction 12
- The Autobiography 26
- Maps 30
- 1 Orkney Childhood 36
- 2 Voyage to Hudson Bay and a Winter on Charlton Island 52
- 3 Moose Factory 62
- 4 Moose Factory—Fort Garry—Toronto—York Factory 118
- 5 1846–1847 Arctic Expedition 144
- 6 Searching for Franklin with Sir John Richardson, 1848 176
- 7 Winter at Fort Confidence, 1848–1849 224
- 8 Bourgeois at Fort Simpson 248
- 9 North Again—And Another Winter at Fort Confidence 288
- 10 Sledge Expedition to Victoria Island, Spring 1851 326
- 11 Boat Expedition, Summer 1851 370
- 12 From Fort Chipewyan to Fort Garry to England 412
- 13 Back to the Arctic, 1853 432
- 14 From Churchill to Repulse Bay 472
- 15 A Second Winter at Repulse Bay, 1853–1854 496
- 16 North Again—To Close the Last Gap 528
- 17 The Second Half of His Life 544
- Appendix 1: John Rae’s Assessment of his Achievments as an Explorer 560
- Appendix 2: On Ice—Its Formation , &c. 570
- Appendix 3: Building a Snow House 580
- Biographical Sketches 582
- Notes 606
- References 654
- Index 662
- About the Editor and Author 686
- Other Titles from University of Alberta Press 689
