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A Voyage to Hudson's Bay during the Summer of 1812
Thomas M'KeevorChristophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville
出版Cambridge University Press, 2014-03-20
主題History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)History / Historical GeographySocial Science / Ethnic Studies / Canadian StudiesSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American StudiesTravel / General
ISBN11080715039781108071505
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6DveAgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Thomas M'Keevor served as the physician for the second group of Selkirk settlers that set out in 1812 for the Red River Colony in Canada. This short account of what he witnessed, particularly the crossing of Hudson Bay, appeared in 1819. Greatly interested in icebergs, M'Keevor discusses these 'sea mountains' in detail. He also describes the Inuit peoples encountered, giving a short glossary of Inuit words. Presenting a vivid account of the scene, he was clearly moved by seeing a polar bear protecting her cubs from a hunting party sent out from the ship. Also published in this volume is a brief account in English of the 1806 voyage of the Sirène by the French naval officer Fréminville. Initially tasked with attacking British whalers off Spitsbergen, the frigate came close to the coast of Greenland, yet most of the time on land was spent in Iceland, where observations were made of the Icelandic people, fauna and geology.