The search for the western sea : the story of the exploration of north-western America
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone), 1873-1946
issued: 2016-06-15
issued: 1908
description: ""A bibliography of the exploration of northwestern America": pp. 596-611. Part 3 includes early exploration of British Columbia. A pioneer work. Changing trends in research have led to a revaluation of its merit. Critically reviewed by A.S. Morton in the Canadian Historical Review, vol. 17, 1936, pp.200-201. Printed in Great Britain and published simultaneously in Toronto by The Musson Book Company and in New York by D. Appleton and Company." -- Strathern, G. M. , & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 42.
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extent: lx, 651 pages : frontispiece (photograph), illustrations (photographs, portraits), maps (folded, one in color) ; 23 cm
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note: THE SEARCH FOR THE WESTERN SEA I« 11 the search for the westernIsea THE STORY OF THE EXPLORATION OF NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA BY LAWRENCE J. BURPEE II 1 tffifc 9 oW SP4 LONDON: ALSTON RIVERS, LTD. BROOKE STREET, HOLBORN BARS, EC. 1908 1 THE SEARCH FOR THE WESTERN SEA THE STORY OF THE EXPLORATION OF NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA BY LAWRENCE J. BURPEE LONDON: ALSTON RIVERS, LTD. BROOKE STREET, HOLBORN BARS, E.C. 1908 ■Hi TO MY WIFE PREFACE BECAUSE the story of the exploration of Northwestern America had never been told, and because it seemed so well worth the telling, this book has been written. If it falls short of the expectations of those who may read it, the fault lies with the writer, not with his subject. No man could ask for a theme of richer possibilities. The field is that marvellous land of prairie and woodland, lake, river, and mountain; that land of magnificent distances laid out by Nature in her most opulent mood; that land of incalculable resources, upon which the destiny not merely of a colony, but of an empire, may depend. This is the stage; and the men who move over it are men of equally heroic build, strong, fearless, clear-eyed, endowed with masculine faults and masculine virtues, dominated by the spirit of adventure of two great races, fit men to break a path through a continental wilderness. These men gave to England and to the world a heritage the value of which is only beginning to be understood. The material from which the story of their lives and achievements had to be reconstructed was sometimes ample, sometimes extremely meagre. In a few cases their own narratives were available in print; in others Vll Vll viii THE SEARCH FOR THE WESTERN SEA the original manuscript journals could be consulted; while occasionally the story had to be pieced together from the fragmentary evidence of their contemporaries. In every case the original documents, in whatever form they might be, have been made the basis of the story, secondary authorities being used only to supp…
note: Includes index Includes bibliographic references Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1629000
has type: Books
has type: Travel literature
identifier: FC3204.2 .B876 1908b
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0222727
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : Alston Rivers, Ltd.
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3204.2 .B876 1908b
subject: Prairie Provinces--History
subject: Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel
subject: Northwest, Canadian--History
subject: Northwest Passage
type: Text