A Narrative of Some Passages in the History of Eenoolooapik
A Young Esquimaux, Who Was Brought to Britain in 1839, in the Ship Neptune of Aberdeen

This 1841 work tells the story of Eenoolooapik, a young Inuit who led Europeans to discover Cumberland Sound.

Alexander M'Donald (Author)

9781108041058, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 December 2011

178 pages, 2 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.23 kg

Published in 1841, this is the story of Eenoolooapik, a young Inuit who guided whaling captain William Penny to the mouth of Cumberland Sound - a whale-rich body of water - 250 years after it was first explored and named by John Davis. Probably the first Inuk for whom a biography was published during his lifetime, 'Eenoo' drew a map which led Penny to the whaling area. His geographical knowledge therefore resulted in a burgeoning industry that provided seasonal employment to the Inuit and dramatically changed their lives. Alexander M'Donald (1817–48) describes Eenoolooapik's life and environment, a visit to Scotland with Penny (where he endeared himself to the people he met), and the difficulties he encountered in making the transition from life in the Arctic to nineteenth-century Britain. M'Donald himself later worked as an assistant surgeon on H.M.S. Terror in Sir John Franklin's last expedition: his eventual fate is not known.

Preface
A narrative, etc.
Appendix.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]