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

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Title:

Author:

Thompson, David, 1770-1857, author.

Added Author:

Moreau, William, 1969- editor, writer of introduction.

Publication Date:

2024

Publication Information:

Toronto : The Champlain Society, 2024.

Physical Description:

xliii, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9781487565497

Abstract:

"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 [Indigenous] peoples of western North America." --Bookmanager.

General Note:

Previously published by the The Champlain Society and McGill-Queen's University Press.

Contents:

The Western Interior -- The Natives of North America -- Across the divide: 1807-1811 -- To the pacific and down to Montreal: 1811-1812 -- 1847 conclusion -- 1848 opening.

Personal Subject:

Thompson, David, 1770-1857-Travel-Canada, Western.

Thompson, David, 1770-1857-Travel-Northwest, Pacific.

Corporate Subject:

Hudson's Bay Company -- History.

North West Company -- History.

Subject Term:

Pioneers -- Canada -- Biography.

Explorers -- Canada -- Biography.

Cartographers -- Canada -- Biography.

Fur traders -- Canada -- Biography.

Surveyors -- Canada -- Biography.