The Woman Who Mapped Labrador: The Life And Expedition Diary Of Mina Hubbard
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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 husbands 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 Womans Way Through Unknown Labrador. Three specialists have combined their expertise to enhance the richness of this original source. Roberta Buchanans annotation of Hubbards expedition diary makes it accessible to contemporary readers. Anne Harts biography illuminates an Edwardian womans transformation from teacher nurse and devoted wife to courageous explorer and social activist. Bryan Greenes discussion of Hubbards 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 Hubbards full enthusiasm for the Labrador wilderness shines through her descriptions of the great caribou migration the Montagnais/Naskapi Indians (Innu) and life at a Hudsons 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.
