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Unknown Shore: The Lost History of England's Arctic Colony
by Ruby, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0805052151
- ISBN 13
- 9780805052152
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Co.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805052151 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 320 pages; "England's first attempt at colonizing the New World was not at Roanoke or Jamestown, but on a mostly frozen small island in the Canadian Arctic. Queen Elizabeth I called that place Meta Incognita -- the Unknown Shore. Backed by Elizabeth I and her key advisors, including the legary spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham and the shadowy Dr. John Dee, the erstwhile pirate Sir Martin Frobisher set out three times across the North Atlantic, in the process leading what is still the largest Arctic expedition in history. In this brilliantly conceived dual narrative, Robert Ruby interweaves Frobisher's saga with that of the nineteenth-century American Charles Francis Hall, whose explorations of this same landscape enabled him to hear the oral history of the Inuit, passed down through generations. It was these stories that unlocked the mystery of Frobisher's lost colony." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21227
- Title
- Unknown Shore: The Lost History of England's Arctic Colony
- Author
- Ruby, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0805052151
- ISBN 13
- 9780805052152
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- 0805052151, Frobisher, Queen Elizabeth I, Charles Francis Hall, Arctic
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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