A Two Years' Cruise Off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate, Volume 2: A Narrative of Life in the Southern Seas

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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1. Verfasser: Snow, William Parker 1817-1895 (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1857
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. Polar exploration
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 368 pages)
ISBN:9781139839310
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139839310