| Description |
1 online resource (xli, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 15
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McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 15.
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| Note |
Includes the unabridged journal of Margaret and William Penny. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and index. |
| Summary |
Margaret Penny's journal with commentary and explanatory passages by Ross. W. Gillies. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Maps""; ""Icebergs and Bergy Bits 5 � 29 July 1857""; ""The Kind-Hearted Esquimaux 30 July � 14 August""; ""Tackritow, My Old Acquaintance 15 August � 2 September""; ""All Belonged to One Company 3 � 27 September""; ""What a Size of an Animal! 28 September � 28 October""; ""On Terra Firma 29 October � 25 November""; ""Ill Supplied with Food 26 November � 31 December""; ""I Had My Usual Tea Party 1 January � 1 February 1858""; ""The Scourge of the Sea""; ""Fish in Every Direction 13 May � 30 June"" |
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""Made All Sail for Aberdeen 1 � 7 July""""Epilogue""; ""APPENDICES""; ""1 Crew Lists""; ""2 Instructions to Missionary""; ""3 Whales Killed""; ""4 Native Place-Names""; ""5 Margaret's Eskimo Glossary""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Penny, Margaret, 1812-1891 -- Diaries.
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Penny, William, 1809-1892 -- Diaries.
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Penny, William, 1809-1892. |
| Genre/Form |
Diaries.
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| Subject |
Penny, Margaret. |
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Penny, William, 1809-1892. |
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Penny, Margaret, 1812-1891. |
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Penny, William, 1809-1892 -- Diaries. |
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Penny, Margaret -- Voyages -- Nunavut -- Baffin, Île de. |
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Penny, Margaret, (1812-1891) -- Journaux intimes. |
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Penny, William, (1809-1892) -- Journaux intimes. |
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Penny, Margaret, (1812-1891) -- Voyages -- Canada -- Baffin, Terre de (Canada) |
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Whaling -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island.
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Whaling. |
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Nunavut -- Baffin Island. |
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Baffin Island (Nunavut) -- Description and travel.
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Baffin Island (Nunavut) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Diaries.
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| Added Author |
Penny, William, 1809-1892.
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Penny, Margaret, 1812-1891.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ross, W. Gillies (William Gillies), 1931- This distant and unsurveyed country. Montreal [Qué.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997 (DLC) 98214889 |
| ISBN |
9780773566927 (electronic book) |
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0773566929 (electronic book) |
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0773516743 |
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9780773516748 |
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