A Voyage to Hudson's Bay during the Summer of 1812
Containing a Particular Account of the Icebergs and Other Phenomena which Present Themselves in those Regions; Also, a Description of the Esquimeaux and North American Indians

Published in 1819, a short account of the journey made by the second group of Selkirk settlers to Canada.

Thomas M'Keevor (Author), Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville (Author)

9781108071505, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 March 2014

122 pages, 6 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 0.7 cm, 0.17 kg

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.

Preface
Voyage to Hudson's Bay
Voyage to the North Pole.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]