The writings of David Thompson. Volume 2, The travels, 1848 version, and associated texts /

David Thompson's Travels is one of the finest early expressions of the Canadian experience. The work is not only the account of a remarkable life in the fur trade but an extended meditation on the land and Native peoples of western North America. The second in a planned three volumes of Thompso...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thompson, David, 1770-1857 (Author)
Corporate Author: Champlain Society
Other Authors: Moreau, William, 1969- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal [Que.] : Toronto : McGill-Queen's University Press ; The Champlain Society, [2015]
Series:Publications of the Champlain Society.
Subjects:
Thompson, David, > 1770-1857 > Travel > Canada, Western.
Thompson, David, > 1770-1857 > Travel > Northwest, Pacific.
Thompson, David, > 1770-1857.
Hudson's Bay Company > History.
North West Company > History.
Hudson's Bay Company.
North West Company.
Explorers > Canada > Biography.
Surveyors > Canada > Biography.
Cartographers > Canada > Biography.
Fur traders > Canada > Biography.
Pioneers > Canada > Biography.
Géomètres > Canada > Biographies.
Cartographes > Canada > Biographies.
Coureurs de bois > Canada > Biographies.
Pionniers > Canada > Biographies.
TRAVEL > Canada > Prairie Provinces (MB, Sask.)
HISTORY > Canada > Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
Cartographers.
Explorers.
Fur traders.
Pioneers.
Surveyors.
Travel.
Reisebericht.
Northwest, Canadian > Description and travel.
Northwest, Pacific > Description and travel.
Nord-Ouest canadien > Descriptions et voyages.
Canada.
Canada > Canadian Northwest.
Western Canada.
Pacific Northwest.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION; I
  • THE WESTERN INTERIOR; II
  • THE NATIVES OF NORTH AMERICA; III
  • ACROSS THE DIVIDE: 1807-1811; IV
  • TO THE PACIFIC AND DOWN TO MONTREAL: 1811-1812; 1847 CONCLUSION; 1845 OPENING; "THE MOUNTAINS OF EVERY CONTINENT"; TRAVELS OF DAVID THOMPSON; APPENDIX; "THE NATIVES OF NORTH AMERICA"; WATER; APPENDIX I: PROSPECTUS; APPENDIX 2: MOUNTAIN SKETCHES; APPENDIX 3: BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES; APPENDIX 4: TABLE OF NATIVE GROUPS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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