Published by University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1971
ISBN 10: 0888800037 ISBN 13: 9780888800039
Seller: Nessa Books, Hamilton, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus - Very Good. Cover design based on water colour by J. Dewey Soper, (illustrator). First Edition. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large grey cloth hard cover, headband, xxii, 396 pages including b & w photos through-out, plus 4 pages of full colour illustrations, with fold-open map, 25" by 19", folded & loosely laid in to back cover pocket, Map is in Near Fine condition. book is in Very Good to Very Good Plus condition with edge wear/small bump to top right corner, dust jacket is in Very Good Minus condition with closed tears and heavy sunning to spine and edges of jacket, now in Mylar. Contents include: Foreword by Graham W. Rowley / Editor's Intro / History of Cumberland Sound by W. Gillies Ross / Biographical Note on Rev. E. W. T. Greenshield / Intro / From Homeland to Baffin Island / How we passed the winter on Blacklead Island / How the Eskimos passed the winter on Blacklead Island / My winter occupations / Departure on the journey to the west: from Blacklead Island to the Islet of Nuvujen / Stay at Nuvujen; final departure / Passage of Netschillik Fiord as far as Kikkertaluk Island / Further ascent of Fiord to Ikarktalik Island From Ikarkalik to Kangianga, end of the Fiord / From Kangianga to Ischoa on Lake Netschillik / Sledge journey on Lake Netschillik from Ischoa to Tikkerakdjuk / Summer camp at Tikkerakadjuk / Down to Foxe Channel / From the mouth of the Kokdjuak to the winter camp / The winter camp on Foxe Channel / Journey's end / Epilogue / Bibliography / Appendix A: Hantzsch's work on the Birds & Mammals of Baffin Island by C. Stuart Houston / Appendix B: Note on Hantzsch as Surveyor by Moir Taug / Appendix C: Glossary of Eskimo Words & Phrases / General index / Index of Birds & Mammals and Plants / Map - Hantzsch Journey (folded map and loosely inserted to pocket at rear of book). Check out the scans. Size: 4to.
Published by University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 1977
ISBN 10: 0888800037 ISBN 13: 9780888800039
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by Kupsch, W.O.; Rowley, G.W. (illustrator). First English Edition. "At the age of 34 Bernhard Hantzsch left Dresden in July, 1909, with the material support of several German scientific groups to explore the west coast of Baffin Island. He had already carried out summer zoological expeditions to Iceland and Ungava Bay, and knew something of the conditions he was likely to encounter. He planned to rely on the help of the Eskimos and to travel with them from Cumberland Sound across Baffin Island to Foxe Basin, north and west to Fury and Hecla Strait, and then on to Pond Inlet. Although these journeys had all been made by Eskimos, the country was completely unknown to white men. Hantzsch's account describes in great detail how he achieved part of his objective, the difficulties he encountered, and the sickness that caused his death on the coast of Foxe Basin, near the mouth of the river that now bears his name." - Foreword. pp. xxii, 396. Bibliography, Eskimo Glossary, General Index, Natural History Index. Text in English, translated from the German. Pristine 25"x19" two-colour map entitled "Bernhard Adolf Hantzsch's Journey 1910-1911 A Map" stored in pocket inside back board. Remnant of small address label atop front free endpaper otherwise book tight, clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this extraordinary account.; Mawdsley Memoir Series #3; Map; 4to.