ANCIENT MARINER. The Arctic Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Inspired Coleridge's Masterpiece.
de McGoogan, Ken
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Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York: (2004)., 2004 334 p. Illustrated. Map endpapers. 235mm. Original binding, slightly soiled. Original priced dust jacket, crisp. Hardbound. Near Fine. Samuel Hearne (1745-1792) was an English explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean. In 1774 Hearne built Cumberland House for the Hudson's Bay Company, its first interior trading post and the first permanent settlement in present Saskatchewan. POLAR 3/4 0.0. Hardcover.
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- ANCIENT MARINER. The Arctic Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Inspired Coleridge's Masterpiece.
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- McGoogan, Ken
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- Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York: (2004).
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- 2004
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- POLAR; ARCTIC; HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY; CANADA; FUR TRADE; SAMUEL HEARNE; BIOGRAPHY; EXPLORATION
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