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Strangers Among Us: Volume 10

Strangers Among Us: Volume 10

by David C. Woodman
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/06/1995

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In 1868 American explorer Charles Francis Hall interviewed several Inuit hunters who spoke of strangers travelling through their land. Hall immediately jumped to the conclusion that the hunters were talking about survivors of the Franklin expedition and set off for the Melville Peninsula, the location of many of the sightings, to collect further stories and evidence to support his supposition. His theory, however, was roundly dismissed by historians of his day, who concluded that the Inuit had been referring to other white explorers, despite significant discrepancies between the Inuit evidence and the records of other expeditions. In Strangers Among Us Woodman re-examines the Inuit tales in light of modern scholarship and concludes that Hall's initial conclusions are supported by Inuit remembrances, remembrances that do not correlate with other expeditions but are consistent with Franklin's.
ISBN:
9780773513488
9780773513488
Category:
Geographical discovery & exploration
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-06-1995
Language:
English
Publisher:
McGill-Queen's University Press
Country of origin:
Canada
Pages:
184
Dimensions (mm):
246x189x458mm
Weight:
0.6kg

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