A Narrative of Some Passages in the History of Eenoolooapik
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 durin...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781139150613 2024-06-09T07:44:06+00:00 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 M'Donald, Alexander 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139150613 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781108041058 9781139150613 monograph 2011 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139150613 2024-05-15T12:58:49Z 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. Book Arctic Cumberland Sound esquimaux inuit Cambridge University Press Arctic Cumberland Sound ENVELOPE(-66.014,-66.014,65.334,65.334) Cambridge |
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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. |
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A Narrative of Some Passages in the History of Eenoolooapik |
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A Narrative of Some Passages in the History of Eenoolooapik |
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A Narrative of Some Passages in the History of Eenoolooapik |
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A Narrative of Some Passages in the History of Eenoolooapik |
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A Narrative of Some Passages in the History of Eenoolooapik |
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Cambridge University Press |
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2011 |
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ENVELOPE(-66.014,-66.014,65.334,65.334) |
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Arctic Cumberland Sound |
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Arctic Cumberland Sound |
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Arctic Cumberland Sound esquimaux inuit |
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Arctic Cumberland Sound esquimaux inuit |
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