Author

Contributions

  • Beattie, Owen. - Contributor

Publication

1993 - Viking, Toronto, Ont., Canada, Ontario

Language

English

Word Count

54,750 words, Guess

Page Count

219 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC917.19/4
  • LCCG650 1719.K65 G45 1993
  • LCCG650 1719 .K65 G45 1993

Description

This account of excavations at Marble Island ('Dead Man's Island')near Rankin Inlet in Hudson Bay, attempts to provide an explanation of the disappearance of the forty members of James Knight's expedition of 1719 to discover the Northwest Passage. It includes discovery of their submerged ships, and of evidence of a winter camp.

Subjects

Topics

TravelJourneysAntiquitesFouilles (Archeologie)Knight, James, d. 1720? -- TravelDecouverte et exploration britanniques

People

James Knight (d. 1720?)

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