Isbn: 9780773511071 - No Ordinary Journey: John Rae, Arctic Explorer 1813-1893 (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. 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.…

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 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.…

1993. Exploration. National Museum of Scotland/McGill-Queen's University Press. Very good paperback 116p.

Condition: Good. Later binding: professionally bound in cloth with original cover and spine.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 116 pages 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.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover. Clean, tight, and completely unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, very neat. xii,116pp.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Minor creasing to outer corners of cover, very slight bumping to spine ends, school ink stamp on half-title along with a small mark where a label has been, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Brought out to accompany the museum exhibition dealing with the life and work of the Orkney born Victorian explorer John Rae who travelled in Arctic Canada in the 1840s and 1850s. Contains pieces by several authors, namely: ''Childhood in Orkney'' by Bryce Wilson, ''Early Arctic Exploration'' by Ian Bunyan, ''Rae in the Arctic'' by Jenni Calder, ''Rae and the Native Canadians'' and ''Rae as Collector and Ethnographer'' by Dale Idiens. 116pp, colour and b&w illustration throughout. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Excellent account of John Rae's Arctic journeys. National Museums of Scotland. pp.xi.128. Illus.

Soft cover. Condition: 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.