The search for the western sea : the story of the exploration of north-western America, Volume II
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone), 1873-1946
issued: 2019-12-10
issued: 1935
description: "Omits the bibliography. Also published in New York by Macmillan in 1936 from the Canadian printing."-- 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: vii, 305-609 pages : photographs, maps (folded), portraits, illustration ; 22 cm
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note: THE SEARCH FOR THE WESTERN SEA THE SEARCH FOR THE WESTERN SEA THE STORY OF THE EXPLORATION OF NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA LAWRENCE J. BURPEE New and Revised Edition VOLUME II TORONTO: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, AT ST. MARTIN'S HOUSE 1935 Copyright, Canada, 1935 by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED All rights reserved—no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publishers. Printed in Canada Press of the Hunter-Rose Company, Limited, Toronto. CONTENTS PART II (cont.) CHAPTER VI. British Traders Invade the West 305 VII. Peter Pond and his Maps 325 VIII. Overland to the Missouri and the Man- dan Villages 354 PART III THE ROAD TO THE SEA I. Alexander Henry, Fur Trader and Traveller 389 II. Alexander Mackenzie Reaches the Arctic Coast 415 III. First Overland Journey to the Pacific 449 IV. Nineteen Years in the West 492 V. Exploring the Canyon of the Fraser 513 VII. David Thompson, Astronomer, Geographer and Explorer 536 VII. The Aftermath 567 Appendix 587 Index 605 I I ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS The Fraser River Frontispiece Loose Ice in Hudson Strait Facing page 3 Homathico River 18 Indian Bridge over Watsonqua River Cariboo Bridge, Fraser River Kananaskis Falls, Rocky Mountains Tracking on Athabaska River Daniel Williams Harmon Waddington's Bridge Indians of the Great Plains Fur Trader coming in from the Far North .... Carrying Furs overland from Fort Smith .... Eskimo at Fisher Bay, Hudson Strait On the first portage, Slave River A New Map of North America. H. Moll Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie River Old Battleford, North Saskatchewan Fall on Spray River, White Man's Pass Dog Trains at Jasper House A South-West View of Prince of Wales's Fort, Hudson's Bay Indians of Northern British Columbia Samuel Hearne "The Last of a Noble Race." (In Banff National Park) Map of Hudson's Bay Country. Turner, 1790 Map, by Peter Fidler Fort McLeod, McLeod Lake, B.C Fon du Lac, Lake Athabaska Ruins of Fort Prince of Wales, Fort Church…
note: Includes index Includes bibliographic references Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1629000
has type: Books
identifier: FC3204.2 .B876 1935
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0388549
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Toronto : The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. PARC. FC3204.2 .B876 1935
subject: Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel
subject: Northwest, Canadian--History
subject: Northwest Passage
type: Text