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The Navy, the Company, and Richard King : British exploration in the Canadian Arctic, 1829-1860
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An evaluation of the various expeditions organized by the Royal Navy and the Hudson's Bay Company from 1829-1860, emphasizing initial and follow-up discovery. Also particularly traces the involveme...
An evaluation of the various expeditions organized by the Royal Navy and the Hudson's Bay Company from 1829-1860, emphasizing initial and follow-up discovery. Also particularly traces the involvement of Richard King, a London surgeon.
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- Creator
- Hugh N. Wallace
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- Language
- English
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- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1980]
- ©1980
- Physical Details
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- xxix, 232 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0773503382, 9780773503380
- OCLC
- ocm06609313, ocm06609313
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-222) and index.
- Boothia and the Black River (1829-1835) -- Boothia remains elusive (1836-1844) -- The Franklin and Rae expeditions (1845-1848) -- Richard King and the early Franklin searches (1847-1849) -- Discovery by accident and intent (1850-1852) -- The first discovery of the Northwest Passage (1852-1854)