1834 - 1856
Qalaherriaq Greenlandian Linguist
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| First Name |
Qalaherriaq
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| Full Name at Birth |
Qalaherriaq
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| Alternative Name |
Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua, Erasmus York, Kalli, Qalaherhuaq, Qalasirssuaq, Kallihirua
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1833
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| Birthplace |
Cape York, North Greenland
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| Died |
14th June, 1856
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| Place of Death |
St. John's, Newfoundland Colony
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Hair Color |
Black
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| Ethnicity |
OTHER
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| Nationality |
Greenlandian
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| Occupation Text |
Hunter
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| Occupation |
Linguist
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| Claim to Fame |
Inughuit hunter who was recruited in 1850 as an interpreter by the crew of the British survey barque HMS Assistance during the search for John Franklin's lost Arctic expedition.
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Qalaherriaq (Inuktun pronunciation: c. – June 14, 1856), baptized as Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua, was an Inughuaq hunter from Cape York, Greenland. He was recruited in 1850 as an interpreter by the crew of the British survey barque HMS Assistance during the search for John Franklin's lost Arctic expedition. He guided the ship to Wolstenholme Fjord to investigate rumors of a massacre of Franklin's crew, but only found the corpses of local Inughuit and crew from an unrelated British vessel.
With the help of the crew of the vessel, he produced accurate maps of his homeland.
Although Assistance initially planned to return him to his family after the expedition, poor sea conditions made landing at Cape York impossible, and he was taken to England and placed under the care of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK).
