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The Woman Who Mapped Labrador

The Life and Expedition Diary of Mina Hubbard

by (author) Mina Benson Hubbard, Anne Hart & Bryan Greene

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2005
Category
Women
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773529243
    Publish Date
    Jun 2005
    List Price
    $65.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773540293
    Publish Date
    May 2012
    List Price
    $34.95

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In 1905 Mina Benson Hubbard became the first white woman to cross Labrador, completing the expedition that had led to her husband's death. The Woman Who Mapped Labrador makes available for the first time the unguarded and personal diary that was the basis for her famous book, A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador. Three specialists have combined their expertise to enhance the richness of this original source. Roberta Buchanan's annotation of Hubbard's expedition diary makes it accessible to contemporary readers. Anne Hart's biography illuminates an Edwardian woman's transformation from teacher, nurse, and devoted wife to courageous explorer and social activist. Bryan Greene's discussion of Hubbard's navigational, cartographic, and topographical techniques shows her to have been a serious explorer. His nineteen newly drawn maps make it possible to follow her journey in detail. In her diary Hubbard's full enthusiasm for the Labrador wilderness shines through her descriptions of the great caribou migration, the Montagnais/Naskapi Indians (Innu), and life at a Hudson's Bay post. She also reveals in frank detail the difficulties of asserting her authority as a female expedition leader and her satisfaction at beating out her male rival, Dillon Wallace.

About the authors

Sherrill E. Grace is professor, English, University of British Columbia, and the author of Inventing Tom Thomson and Canada and the Idea of North. She is currently working as a consultant on a film about Mina Benson Hubbard.

Mina Benson Hubbard's profile page

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Bryan Greene's profile page