Author: Thompson DavidPublisher:
ISBN: 9780259724636
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Languages : en
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David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America
Author: Thompson DavidPublisher:
ISBN: 9780259724636
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Languages : en
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David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America, 1784-1812
Author: David ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwest, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America
Author: David ThompsonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333882198
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Excerpt from David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America: 1784-1812 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
David Thompson's Narrative
Author: David ThompsonPublisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780343177775
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America, 1784-1812
Author: David ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwest, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America
Author: David ThompsonPublisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781295833344
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America
Author: David ThompsonPublisher: Champlain Society
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Sources of the River
Author: Jack NisbetPublisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 9781570610066
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet re-creates the life and times of David Thompson-fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America and was the first to chart the entire length of the Columbia River. His field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the region, and Nisbet uses them to guide his own discovery of the Northwest Territory some two centuries later. Book jacket.
David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America, 1748-1812
Author: David ThompsonPublisher:
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Category : Northwest, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Epic Wanderer
Author: D'Arcy JenishPublisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385672705
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Popular historian D’Arcy Jenish recreates the adventure and sacrifice of mapmaker David Thompson’s fascinating life in the wilderness of North America. Epic Wanderer, the first full-length biography of David Thompson, is set in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries against a broad canvas of dramatic rivalries—between the United States and British North America, between the Hudson’s Bay Company and its Montreal-based rival, the North West Co., and between the various First Nations thrown into disarray by the advent of guns, horses and alcohol. Less celebrated than his contemporaries Lewis and Clark, Thompson spent nearly three decades (1784–1812) surveying and mapping over 1.2 million square miles of largely uncharted Indian territory. Travelling across the prairies, over the Rockies and on to the Pacific, Thompson transformed the raw data of his explorations into a map of the Canadian West. Measuring ten feet by seven feet, and laid out with astonishing accuracy, the map became essential to the politicians and diplomats who would decide upon the future of the rich and promising lands of the West. Yet its creator worked without personal glory and died in penniless obscurity. Drawing extensively on David Thompson’s personal journals, illustrated with his detailed sketches, intricate notebook pages and the map itself, Epic Wanderer charts the life of a man who risked everything in the name of scientific advancement and exploration.