ISBN: 9781551926483 - man who mapped the arctic the intrepid life of george back, franklin's lieutenant (25 risultati)

Condizione: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Condizione: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: like_new.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Faint scuffing on jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Faint soiling on page edge.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy, really as new. Illustrated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 307 pages. An unused copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. near fine. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Ilustrated with maps, illustrations, plates. Endpapers are a map of the Arctic expedition. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11". 307 pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First. xxviii, 307pp., index, biblio., ill., maps. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. This book has a previous owner's ink dedication inside the front endpaper, otherwise both the book and the dust jacket are clean, bright, & unmarked. Like new. The number line includes 1.

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` The Intrepid Life of George Back, Franklin's Lieutenant '. George Back went on three Arctic expeditions with Franklin between 1819 and 1845. He is known by his legacy of journals, drawings, watercolours, and maps. Text accom. by b/w plates and MAPS. Read more about : Chantry Inlet, Welcome Sound, iceblink, Thlew-ee-choh, Boothia Peninsula, Icy Harbour, Belanger le Gros, Massacre Rapid, and voyageurs. Cond : Paper wrapper is green (and cream) with black lettering . Front cover is an image of HMS Terror in ice and a portrait of a young G. Black - he first went to sea at age 11. Introductory pages are maps of the Fort Reliance and Hudson's Bay areas. Volume is is tight, bright, square and clean. Minimal wear. No names. No tears. Collectible ! ! QUote (p. 25) : " One of the midshipmen who shared a house with Back kept a mistress who apparently `sat daily with him and his riotous friends at table'. A notebook kept by a prisoner in Verdun contains the entry : ` We have a little Marine Officer who was so lewdly given that ._._._.' . " Size: 8vo. B/W Plates (illustratore).…

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xxviii + 208, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. The Man Who Mapped the Arctic - The Intrepid Life of George Back, Franklin's Lieutenant; Peter Steele; Raincoat Books, Vancouver, 2003. First printing. From the blurb - George Back went on three Arctic expeditions under Sir John Franklin, searching for the mythical Northwest Passage while opening up the vast barren lands of the Canadian north. But unlike Franklin, Back lived to tell his tales and left behind an inspirational legacy of journals, drawings, watercolours and maps. From these sources emerges a story of remarkable endurance and resilience in the face of appalling odds. Back was one on nature's survivors. Just after he joined the British navy at the tender age of 11. He was taken prisoner by the French and spent five years in a Napoleonic citadel. Here he learnt how to speak French, a skill that later helped smooth his passage with the hardy Canadian voyageurs. Exploration of the frozen north was then beset by appalling difficulties. There were rows with the Hudson's Bay Company, rations that failed to get through and, in extremis, cannibalism. But Back came through such trials with a joyous satisfaction. His crowning achievement was the discovery and descent of Canada's Great Fish River, now named the Back River. Not only did he shoot its 83 sets of rapids in a boat built on the spot, but on reaching the Arctic Ocean, he dragged the vessel back upstream as winter closed in. His final expedition almost led him to a watery grave off Southampton Island at the top of Hudson Bay, where his ship drifted for ten months in pack ice; the leaking wreck just made it back ti Ireland, where Back ran it onto a beach and collapsed. Five Arctic adventures had destroyed his health. Now an admiral, he retired, was knighted and died at the ripe old age of 82. A gifted artist and mapmaker, Back was a brave and extremely successful explorer who has long been denied the limelight he deserved. Peter Steele does him belated justice with this fascinating account. This book, 307 pages, is in fine condition in a fine dust jacket, that is enclosed in a protective mylar wrap.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. xxviii, 307 pp. The story of the explorer who made 3 Arctic expeditions under Franklin. The author draws upon Back's journals, drawings, watercolours and maps. 16 pages of b&w photos and paintings. 12 pages of maps. Green cloth. Clean bright copy. DJ has some light shelf wear. …

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. 8vo pp. xxxiv 3 307, b/w illustrations and photographs. "George Back went on three Arctic expeditions under Franklin, opening up the vast barren lands of the north. But unlike Franklin, Back lived to tell his tales and left behind an inspirational legacy of journals, drawings and maps. From these sources emerges a story of remarkable. book.…

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. 8vo pp. xxxiv 3 307, b/w illustrations and photographs. book.

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. 8vo pp. xxxiv 3 307, b/w illustrations and photographs. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: New.