Arctic Circles and Imperial Knowledge: The Franklin Family, Indigenous Intermediaries, and the Politics of Truth

In: Empire's Other Histories Series

Abstract

Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Individuals -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: "Which Is the Counterfeit, and Which the Real Man?": Stories of Suffering and Questions of Credibility, 1819-25 -- Chapter 2: "He a Discoverer, Forsooth!": Arctic Circles and Scientific Sociability, 1818-29 -- Chapter 3: "All Things Are Queer and Opposite": Arctic Circles on the Far Side of the World, 1837-43 -- Chapter 4: "Have You Seen the Esquimaux Sketch of the Ships?": Disappearing Ships and Inuit Maps, 1845-9 -- Chapter 5: "The Argument from Negative Evidence": The Many Lives of the Open Polar Sea, 1850-3 -- Chapter 6: Full Circles: Relics, Stories, and Silences -- Bibliography -- Index.