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This distant and unsurveyed country : a woman's winter at Baffin Island, 1857-1858 / W. Gillies Ross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, W. Gillies (William Gillies), 1931-2019.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 15.
- McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Penny, Margaret, 1812-1891--Travel--Nunavut--Baffin Island.
- Penny, Margaret.
- Whaling--Nunavut--Baffin Island.
- Whaling.
- Baffin Island (Nunavut)--Description and travel.
- Baffin Island (Nunavut).
- Physical Description:
- xli, 258 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Margaret Penny's journal with commentary and explanatory passages by Ross. W. Gillies.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Icebergs and Bergy Bits
- The Kind-Hearted Esquimaux
- Tackritow, My Old Acquaintance
- All Belonged to One Company
- What a Size of an Animal!
- On Terra Firma
- Ill Supplied with Food
- I Had My Usual Tea Party
- The Scourge of the Sea
- Fish in Every Direction
- Made All Sail for Aberdeen
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Crew Lists
- Instructions to Missionary
- Whales Killed
- Native Place-Names
- Margaret's Eskimo Glossary
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes the text of Margaret Penny's journal.
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references : p. [241]-249.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85482-8
- 9786612854828
- 0-7735-6692-9
- OCLC:
- 732600889
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