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Ancient Mariner The Amazing Adventures of Samuel Hearne the Sailor Who Walked to the Arctic Ocean
de McGoogan, Ken
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0002000989
- ISBN 13
- 9780002000987
- Librería
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Toronto: Harpercollins Publishers Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002000989 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; 9.0 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 334 pages; "Samuel Hearne is grudgingly recognized as the eighteenth-century British adventurer who, during a remarkable three-year odyssey, became the first European to reach the Arctic coast of North America. In Ancient Mariner, McGoogan demonstrates that Hearne was far more complex, accomplished and influential than the history books suggest. Beginning with Hearnes entry into the Royal Navy at twelve years of age, McGoogan paints an authentic portrait of eighteenth-century British life, both on and off the wooden sailing ships. After serving as a midshipman during the tumultuous Seven Years War, Hearne moved to London and, in 1766, just twenty-one, joined the Hudsons Bay Company. Based at the companys northernmost fort, an ambitious Hearne embarked on an overland quest for rich veins of copper supposedly located far to the northward where the sun dont setand also to discover the Northwest Passage. In his posthumously published journal, Hearne described the three-year odysseya harrowing journey marked by hardship, hunger and disappointment, and mitigated only by his friendship with the legendary Dene leader Matonabbee. Hearne trekked more than 3,500 miles. His epic adventure culminated in the infamous and still-controversial massacre at Bloody Fallsan event that, as McGoogan shows, changed him forever. Drawing on naval history, fur-trade history and literary history, McGoogan portrays Hearne as a skilled navigator, a pioneering anthropologist, a ground-breaking naturalist and a gifted natural artist. He fell in love with a native woman and never fully recovered after she died tragically." .
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- Librería
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 19048
- Título
- Ancient Mariner The Amazing Adventures of Samuel Hearne the Sailor Who Walked to the Arctic Ocean
- Autor
- McGoogan, Ken
- Ilustrador
- Map Endpapers
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0002000989
- ISBN 13
- 9780002000987
- Editorial
- Harpercollins Publishers Ltd.
- Lugar de publicación
- Toronto
- Fecha de publicación
- 2003
- Palabras clave
- 0002000989, Arctic Ocean, Exploration
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Exploration; NORTH;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
Sobre Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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