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David W. Zimmerly

THE VOYAGE OF ERASMUS: Ottawa to the Arctic

To All Friends,

This is the story many of you have been asking us to write.  It has taken us almost 20 years to get around to it, but here it is as a downloadable eBook.  In its  more than 170 pages it includes over 90 photos and charts, some hyperlinks and video.  It is a PDF, and best seen on a laptop or desktop computer screen with a free Adobe Reader (https://get.adobe.com/reader/).

You can see a description and the Table of Contents, the Foreword by Roy MacSkimming and a sample chapter by clicking the link below.

http://www.arctickayaks.com/Erasmus/book1/erasmus1.htm

Arctic Kayaks

• Kayak Types & Plans
  • Chukchi - Inland  MEP 2083 61a|  Plans - PDF
  • Chukchi - Maritime EMS 1880.4.1255 |  Plans - PDF
  • Koryak MAE 956-49 |  Plans - PDF
  • Koryak MEP11413 |  Plans - PDF
  • Aleut  MAE 593-76| Plans-PDF
  • Aleut  MAE Ac  | Plans-PDF
  • Aleut  LM 2-14886  | Plans-PDF
  • Aleut 2-hole  USNM 160336  |  Plans-PDF
  • Kodiak  DNM 1b 160  |  Plans-PDF
  • Kodiak 3-hole  MAE 536-24  |  Plans-PDF
  • Bering Sea - Hooper Bay  CMC(NMM) IV-E-1071  | Plans-PDF
  • Norton Sound  LM 2/1674  |  Plans-PDF
  • King Island (Bering Strait) RTW 1 | Plans-PDF
  • Bering Strait - 2hole  MAM BF-32  |  Plans-PDF
  • North Alaska - Kotzebue Sound  LM 2/6349  |  Plans-PDF
  • North Alaska - Retrieval  UM N/N  |  Plans-PDF
  • North Alaska - Nunamiut  UA 72-78  |  Plans-PDF
  • Mackenzie Delta  CMC(NMM) IV-D-2039  |  Plans-PDF: Lines & Construction, Framework, Lashing & Ties, Structural
  • Mackenzie Delta  CMC(NMM) IV-D-1058  |  Plans-PDF
  • Mackenzie Delta  DNM P31:64a  |  Plans-PDF
  • Copper Inuit  CMC(NMM) IV-D-1057  |  Plans-PDF
  • East Arctic  DWZ N/N  |  East Arctic
    
• Kayak Framework & Specimen Photographs
  • Chukchi - Inland  MEP 2083 61a
  • Chukchi - Maritime EMS 1880.4.1255
  • Aleut 2-Hole - USNM 160336 Reproduction
  • Kodiak 1-Hole - PMHU 1619
  • Pacific Eskimo 1-Hole - (MAI 8/2716)
  • King Island - RTW 1
  • East Arctic - CMC 77/22/1
  • East Arctic - Ontario Science Center, Toronto
  • East Arctic - Peabody Museum, Harvard University
     
• Kayak Images in Inuit Prints
  
• Kayak Construction
  • East Arctic Kayak - Sea Kayaker 18-4: 6-19.  October 2001.
  • East Arctic Kayak: Building a Reproduction
  • Hooper Bay Kayak Construction
    • Photo-essay
    • Full text version
  • Arctic Paddles
    • Zimmerly, David W.  1984 Arctic Paddle Design.  
    • Aleut 1-Hole Paddle FNM #288
      • Lew Plummer reproduction
    • Kodiak 1-Hole single paddles
    • King Island single paddles
    • Mackenzie Delta  double paddle
    • East Arctic double paddle
      
• Kayak Database

  • Kayak Comparative Data -  (21 PDFs of Kayak Comparative Data)

  • Museums and their Abbreviations

  • Kayak Offsets - by type, by kayak.

    • CMC IV-E-1071 - Nunivak Island (Hooper Bay, Alaska)

    • MAE 536-24 - Koniag 3-hole

    • RTW1 - King Island
      

• Kayak Bibliography

  • A-C Bibliography

  • D-H Bibliography

  • I-M Bibliography

  • N-S Bibliography

  • T-Z Bibliography
    

• Kayak Books For Sale

  • QAYAQ: Kayaks of Alaska and Siberia.
    2000, 2nd edition, 103 p.

  • QAJAQ: Kayaks of Siberia and Alaska.
    1986, 1st edition, 96 p.
    

• Adobe Reader Portable Document Format (PDF)

  • Boas, Franz, 1901, The Eskimos of Baffinland and Hudson Bay. Pp. 9-18, 76-81, 483-426.

  • Boas, Franz, 1877, The Central Eskimo.  Complete text & illustrations. Full text.

  • Brantenberg, Terje, 1971, Notes On A Labrador Kayak. Pp. 15.

  • Chapman, F. Spencer, 1932 Northern Lights: The Official Account of the British Arctic Air-Route Expedition. (East Greenland). Pp. 198-212.

  • Hawkes, E. W., 1916, The Labrador Eskimo. Pp. 71-73.

  • Murdoch, John, 1892, Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition. Full text.

  • Zimmerly, David W., 1977, The Acquisition and Documentation of an Artifact.  Full text.

  • Zimmerly, David W., 1978, Kayaks of Hooper Bay, Alaska.  Full text.

  • Zimmerly, David W.,  1982, Stability and Trim Characteristics of Native Watercraft: A Computerized Simulation Study. Full text.

  • Zimmerly, David W.,  1983, Building the One-Hole Aleut Bidarka.  Part I. Full text.

  • Zimmerly, David W.,  1983, Building the One-Hole Aleut Bidarka.  Part II.  Full text.

  • Zimmerly, David W., 1983,  Form Followed Function - And The Function Was Hunting.  Full text.

  • Zimmerly, David W., 1984, Arctic Paddle Design.  Full-text.

  • Zimmerly, David W., 1984, The Hooper Bay Kayak.  Full text.

  • Zimmerly, David W., 1985, The Belcher Islands Two-Hole Kayak.  Full text.

  • Zimmerly, David W., 1985, The Copper Eskimo Kayak: Product of a Nomadic Lifestyle.  Full text.

  • Zimmerly, David W., 1985, The East Hudson Bay Kayak: A Variant from Povungnituk.  Full text.
    

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