Widely recognized as a classic of northern-exploration literature, A Journey to the Northern Ocean is Samuel Hearne's story of his three-year trek to seek a trade route across the Barrens in the Northwest Territories. Hearne was a superb reporter, from his anguished description of the massacre of helpless Eskimos by his Indian companions to his meticulous records of wildlife, flora and Indian manners and customs. As esteemed author Ken McGoogan points out in his foreword: Hearne demonstrated that to thrive in the north, Europeans had to apprentice themselves to the Native peoples who had lived there for centuries-a lesson lost on many who followed.
First published in 1795, more than two decades after Hearne had completed his trek, the memoir was originally called A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, and 1772. This Classics West edition brings a crucial piece of Canadian history back into print.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 917.19/2041
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Previously published under title: A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the northern ocean in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 1772 Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781459331556 9781894898607
- LCCN
- F1060.7
- LCCN Item number
- H42 2007eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (356 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00212098 (OCoLC)244770694 (CaOOCEL)419945
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL