Epic Wanderer David Thompson and the Opening of the West
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Random House Canada
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
21.09.2004
Abbildungen
APPROX 20 B/W THROUGHOUT
Verlag
Random House CanadaSeitenzahl
320
Maße (L/B/H)
22.9/15.3/2 cm
Gewicht
352 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-385-65974-1
WINNER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MEDAL FOR CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY
“Thompson’s story is a rich piece of the country’s heritage and D’Arcy Jenish has done a great service to history by not only recounting the extraordinary tale but fleshing out its enduring significance.” —Calgary Herald
Canada’s forgotten masterpiece—a great map measuring six feet, nine inches by ten feet, four inches—hangs behind glass and curtains in the Archives of Ontario in downtown Toronto. The man who completed it in 1814 spent nearly three decades on his epic project—the surveying and mapping of over 1.2 million square miles of largely uncharted Indian lands.
In the pursuit of scientific advancement David Thompson travelled from Hudson Bay to the Oregon country, and west to the Pacific coast, hacking through the bush and following unnamed rivers. Thompson’s contribution proved indispensable to the politicians and diplomats who decided the future of the rich territories of the continent’s Northwest—yet his name and work remained unrecognized until long after his death in 1857.
Award-winning popular historian D’Arcy Jenish recreates the extraordinary life and enduring accomplishments of David Thompson, “the greatest land geographer the world has produced.”
“Thompson’s story is a rich piece of the country’s heritage and D’Arcy Jenish has done a great service to history by not only recounting the extraordinary tale but fleshing out its enduring significance.” —Calgary Herald
Canada’s forgotten masterpiece—a great map measuring six feet, nine inches by ten feet, four inches—hangs behind glass and curtains in the Archives of Ontario in downtown Toronto. The man who completed it in 1814 spent nearly three decades on his epic project—the surveying and mapping of over 1.2 million square miles of largely uncharted Indian lands.
In the pursuit of scientific advancement David Thompson travelled from Hudson Bay to the Oregon country, and west to the Pacific coast, hacking through the bush and following unnamed rivers. Thompson’s contribution proved indispensable to the politicians and diplomats who decided the future of the rich territories of the continent’s Northwest—yet his name and work remained unrecognized until long after his death in 1857.
Award-winning popular historian D’Arcy Jenish recreates the extraordinary life and enduring accomplishments of David Thompson, “the greatest land geographer the world has produced.”
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