The Journal of Rochfort Maguire 1852 - 1854 Volume II Two years at Point Barrow, Alaska, aboard HMS Plover in the search for Sir John Franklin

Bockstoce, John (Ed).

ISBN 10: 0904180263 / ISBN 13: 9780904180268

Published by Hakluyt Society, London, 1988

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2 b&w drawings, 1 map. Light rubbing to cloth edges. Gilt ship motif. Very slight creasing to dj edge.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Journal of Rochfort Maguire 1852 - 1854 Volume II Two years at Point Barrow, Alaska, aboard HMS Plover in the search for Sir John Franklin
• Publisher: Hakluyt Society, London
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0904180263
• ISBN 13: 9780904180268
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First edition thus.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: VG+ DJ
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Synopsis

In 1845 Sir John Franklin's expedition left England, searching for a northwest passage, and vanished into the Arctic forever. Three years later HMS Plover's was the first departure of 21 expeditions searching for Franklin. Although most of the analyses of the Franklin Search have focused on the large expeditions in the eastern Arctic, the smaller western expeditions also produced significant geographical and ethnographical information. The Plover's voyage of 1848 to 1854 was the first constant presence of Europeans in the western Arctic, and Rochfort Maguire's journal is the earliest account of a sustained foreign association with the Eskimos of northern Alaska. Maguire's journal is far more than an important historical document; it is a fascinating account of Europeans and Eskimos learning to cope with one another. Maguire's narrative is introduced by a detailed discussion of the history, strategy and logistics of the Franklin Search in the western Arctic. Appendices include accounts of the Search's five boat expeditions near Point Barrow as well as Dr John Simpson's seminal essay on the Eskimos of northern Alaska. The main pagination of this and the previous volume (Second series 169) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1987.

About the Author

John Bockstoce