Arctic Artist
The Journal and Paintings of George Back, Midshipman with Franklin, 1819-1822
1st Edition
Published on 25. October 1994
432 pages
978-0-7735-6470-1 (ISBN)
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Arctic Artist is the liveliest and most complete account of Sir John Franklin's tragic first expedition to the Arctic. George Back's prose captures the drama of the journey, while his superb watercolour sketches reveal the beauty and wonder of this northern land. Published for the first time, this is the complete text of Back's journal. Arctic Artist completes Stuart Houston's trilogy of the journals of Franklin's officers.
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Arctic Artist
The Journal and Paintings of George Back, Midshipman with Franklin, 1819-1822
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10/1994
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- A Note on the Text
- George Back's Journal
- 1 Stromness to York Factory
- 2 York Factory to Cumberland House
- 3 Cumberland House to Fort Carlton
- 4 Fort Carlton to Fort Chipewyan
- 5 Fort Chipewyan to Fort Enterprise
- 6 To Point Lake and Return
- 7 Fort Enterprise to Fort Chipewyan
- 8 Fort Chipewyan to Fort Enterprise
- 9 Preparations To Leave Fort Enterprise
- 10 Descent of the Coppermine River
- 11 Exploring the Arctic Coastline
- 12 Point Turnagain to Obstruction Rapids
- 13 Obstruction Rapids to Moose Deer Island
- 14 Great Slave Lake to York Factory
- Postscript
- Figures
- Commentary: The Aesthetics of Back's Writing and Painting from the First Overland Expedition
- Appendices
- 1 George Back's Letter to His Brother Charles, 25 May 1820
- 2 Back's Poem
- 3 The Franklin Expedition as Recorded in Hudson's Bay Company Post Journals
- 4 Back's Obituary in the Stockport Advertiser
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
