A Two Years' Cruise Off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate
Following participation in the Arctic search for Sir John Franklin, the mariner and author William Parker Snow (1817–95) volunteered in 1854 to command the schooner Allen Gardiner, named after the man whose work for the South American Missionary Society was to be resumed. Although conceived as '...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781139839310 2024-03-03T08:42:01+00:00 A Two Years' Cruise Off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate A Narrative of Life in the Southern Seas Snow, William Parker 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139839310 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781139839310 9781108062053 monograph 2013 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139839310 2024-02-08T08:35:26Z Following participation in the Arctic search for Sir John Franklin, the mariner and author William Parker Snow (1817–95) volunteered in 1854 to command the schooner Allen Gardiner, named after the man whose work for the South American Missionary Society was to be resumed. Although conceived as 'merely a simple narrative of daily life in the Southern Seas', this illustrated two-volume work becomes simultaneously a first-hand account of a sailor's experiences and observations, and a self-justification against those by whom he felt disappointed, frustrated and deceived. Volume 2 includes an account of meeting 'Jemmy Button', the Fuegian who had been taken to Britain on the Beagle. It also charts the series of difficulties Snow faced as captain, which culminated in his dismissal and abandonment on the Falklands. First published in 1857, the narrative met with some success. Snow, however, wasted the proceeds on a fruitless action against his former employers. Book Arctic Tierra del Fuego Cambridge University Press Arctic Patagonia The Schooner ENVELOPE(-55.665,-55.665,49.617,49.617) Gardiner ENVELOPE(-81.583,-81.583,50.683,50.683) |
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Following participation in the Arctic search for Sir John Franklin, the mariner and author William Parker Snow (1817–95) volunteered in 1854 to command the schooner Allen Gardiner, named after the man whose work for the South American Missionary Society was to be resumed. Although conceived as 'merely a simple narrative of daily life in the Southern Seas', this illustrated two-volume work becomes simultaneously a first-hand account of a sailor's experiences and observations, and a self-justification against those by whom he felt disappointed, frustrated and deceived. Volume 2 includes an account of meeting 'Jemmy Button', the Fuegian who had been taken to Britain on the Beagle. It also charts the series of difficulties Snow faced as captain, which culminated in his dismissal and abandonment on the Falklands. First published in 1857, the narrative met with some success. Snow, however, wasted the proceeds on a fruitless action against his former employers. |
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Snow, William Parker A Two Years' Cruise Off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate |
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Snow, William Parker |
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A Two Years' Cruise Off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate |
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A Two Years' Cruise Off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate |
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A Two Years' Cruise Off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate |
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A Two Years' Cruise Off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate |
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A Two Years' Cruise Off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate |
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two years' cruise off tierra del fuego, the falkland islands, patagonia, and in the river plate |
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Cambridge University Press |
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2013 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139839310 |
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ENVELOPE(-55.665,-55.665,49.617,49.617) ENVELOPE(-81.583,-81.583,50.683,50.683) |
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Arctic Patagonia The Schooner Gardiner |
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Arctic Patagonia The Schooner Gardiner |
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Arctic Tierra del Fuego |
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Arctic Tierra del Fuego |
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