Ellis, Henry. – What did explorers read?

A Voyage to Hudson’s-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747, for Discovering a North West Passage

Ellis, Henry. London: H. Whitridge, 1748.

Arctic Reading: Canada

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This volume is credited with definitively disproving Arthur Dobbs theory of a North-West Passage through Hudson’s Bay. It is an important early source on the customs and nature of the Inuit. Ellis does quote from various books but none read during his travels.

A Voyage to Hudson’s-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for Discovering a North West Passage

Ellis, Henry. London: H. Whitridge, 1748.

Hudson's Bay Company.
Arctic Reading: Canada

Preview

This volume is credited with definitively disproving Arthur Dobbs theory of a North-West Passage through Hudson’s Bay. It is an important early source on the nature of the Inuit.