Title This distant and unsurveyed country : a woman's winter at Baffin Island, 1857-1858 / W. Gillies Ross

Published Montreal [Qué.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xli, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps Series McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 15 McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 15. Contents Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Maps -- Icebergs and Bergy Bits 5-29 July 1857 -- The Kind-Hearted Esquimaux 30 July-14 August -- Tackritow, My Old Acquaintance 15 August-2 September -- All Belonged to One Company 3-27 September -- What a Size of an Animal! 28 September-28 October -- On Terra Firma 29 October-25 November -- Ill Supplied with Food 26 November-31 December -- I Had My Usual Tea Party 1 January-1 February 1858 -- The Scourge of the Sea -- Fish in Every Direction 13 May-30 June -- Made All Sail for Aberdeen 1-7 July -- Epilogue -- APPENDICES -- 1 Crew Lists -- 2 Instructions to Missionary -- 3 Whales Killed -- 4 Native Place-Names -- 5 Margaret's Eskimo Glossary -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W Summary Margaret Penny's journal with commentary and explanatory passages by Ross. W. Gillies Notes Includes the unabridged journal of Margaret and William Penny Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Penny, Margaret -- Diaries Penny, William, 1809-1892 -- Diaries SUBJECT Penny, William, 1809-1892 fast Penny, Margaret, (1812-1891) -- Journaux intimes. ram Penny, William, (1809-1892) -- Journaux intimes. ram Penny, Margaret, (1812-1891) -- Voyages -- Canada -- Baffin, Terre de (Canada) ram Subject Whaling -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island TRAVEL -- Canada -- General. HISTORY -- Canada -- General. Manners and customs Travel Whaling Baleines -- Chasse -- Canada -- Baffin, Terre de (Canada) -- 19e siècle. Inuits -- Canada -- Baffin, Terre de (Canada) -- Moeurs et coutumes -- 19e siècle. SUBJECT Baffin Island (Nunavut) -- Description and travel Baffin Island (Nunavut) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Subject Nunavut -- Baffin Island Baffin, Terre de (Canada) -- Descriptions et voyages -- Récits personnels. Baffin, Terre de (Canada) -- Descriptions et voyages -- 19e siècle. Genre/Form Diaries Form Electronic book Author Penny, William, 1809-1892. Penny, Margaret ISBN 9780773566927 0773566929 1282854828 9781282854826 9786612854828 6612854820

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