The Eventful Life of Philip Hankin: World-Wide Traveller and Witness to British Columbia's Early History

by Geoff Mynett

In 1849, at just 13 years old, Philip Hankin entered the Royal Navy and engaged in campaigns to suppress the trade of enslaved people on the coasts of Africa. His naval career brought him to Vancouver Island in 1858, where he helped survey the coastline. In his journeys on Indigenous homelands, Hankin learned several Indigenous languages, a skill that would prove pivotal in his career. After leaving the navy at age twenty-eight, he walked from Yale...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773861190
• ISBN13: 9781773861197
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Caitlin Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"