Book by Bunyan Ian Calder Jenni Idiens Dale Wilson Bryce
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John Rae's solitary childhood in the rugged hills of Orkney, Scotland, can be seen as preparation for the challenge he later faced in the Canadian Arctic. As a member of the Hudson's Bay Company, with a posting as surgeon and clerk to George Simpson, he travelled extensively in the Arctic, often alone. Taught to survive in extreme conditions by the Indians and the Inuit, he used this knowledge in exploring, surveying and mapping; collecting information on zoology, ethnography, and geology; and making detailed observations of the ethnography of the Inuit. In his later years he wrote widely on the natural history, geography, and anthropology of the North. Rae was a committed, independent, and idiosyncratic man and a controversial figure in his own period. There has, until now, been little recognition of the importance and diversity of his achievements.
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Librería: N. Fagin Books, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
1993. Exploration. National Museum of Scotland/McGill-Queen's University Press. Very good paperback 116p. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1531104319
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Librería: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Softcover. Clean, tight, and completely unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, very neat. xii,116pp. Nº de ref. del artículo: 73122h
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Librería: Frabjous Books, Calgary, AB, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 8.75" x 10". xi, 116 pp. Rae's life and travels especially his Arctic exploration. Illustrated with numerous colour and b&w photos, drawings, paintings, and maps. Bright clean copy. Nº de ref. del artículo: 019766
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Librería: Klondyke, Almere, Holanda
Condición: Good. Later binding: professionally bound in cloth with original cover and spine. Nº de ref. del artículo: 242761
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Librería: Homeward Bound Books, Campbellcroft, ON, Canada
Softcover. Condición: Very Good. 116 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the edges and corners. Shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The story of Arctic explorer John Rae, published to mark the centenary of this death. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Published jointly with McGill University Press. Nº de ref. del artículo: 4927
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Librería: Anytime Books, London, Reino Unido
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Excellent account of John Rae's Arctic journeys. National Museums of Scotland. pp.xi.128. Illus. Nº de ref. del artículo: 007788
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