MURRAY, Thomas Boyles (1798-1860). Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian: a Memoir . New York: Church Book Society, 1861. The Church Book Society edition of this description of an Inuit member of the Franklin Search. Kallihirua joined the expedition under Horatio Thomas Austin searching for the lost Franklin team, acting as an interpreter and eventually sailing back to England with the Assistance —becoming the first Greenlander to visit Europe. He was enrolled at St. Augustine's missionary college in Canterbury, where he also helped Captain John Washington to revise his Eskimaux-English vocabulary. Captain Ommanney continued to act as his mentor and was present at his baptism. Sabin 51542 (undated New York ed.) 16mo (151 x 96mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, one wood engraved illustration in text (small dampstain to bottom margin). Original brown pebbled cloth, gilt (boards stained). Provenance : Chet Ross Rare Books.
MURRAY, Thomas Boyles (1798-1860). Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian: a Memoir . New York: Church Book Society, 1861. The Church Book Society edition of this description of an Inuit member of the Franklin Search. Kallihirua joined the expedition under Horatio Thomas Austin searching for the lost Franklin team, acting as an interpreter and eventually sailing back to England with the Assistance —becoming the first Greenlander to visit Europe. He was enrolled at St. Augustine's missionary college in Canterbury, where he also helped Captain John Washington to revise his Eskimaux-English vocabulary. Captain Ommanney continued to act as his mentor and was present at his baptism. Sabin 51542 (undated New York ed.) 16mo (151 x 96mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, one wood engraved illustration in text (small dampstain to bottom margin). Original brown pebbled cloth, gilt (boards stained). Provenance : Chet Ross Rare Books.
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