Unknown shore
Subtitle: the lost history of England's Arctic colony
By: Robert Ruby.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Frobisher, Martin, -- Sir, -- ca. 1535-1594 -- Journeys.; Hall, Charles Francis, -- 1821-1871 -- Journeys.; Explorers -- England -- Biography.; Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- English.; Canada, Northern -- Discovery and exploration -- English.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "A frozen, pocket-sized island in the Canadian Arctic holds the secrets to England's first attempts at colonizing the New World. On this Meta Incognita - or Unknown Shore - as Queen Elizabeth I called it, England made its first major efforts at western exploration and settlement. In Unknown Shore, author Robert Ruby uncovers the history of Meta Incognita in a story teeming with rich characters and even more fantastical dreams.".

"Unknown Shore is the story of two men's travels and what these men shared three centuries apart. Ultimately it is a tale of men driven by greed and ambition, of the hard labor of exploration, of the Inuit and their land, and of great gambles gone wrong."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.