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Author : Kerry Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (416 download)
Download or read book The Map-maker written by Kerry Wood and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D'Arcy Jenish
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803224520
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (245 download)
Download or read book Epic Wanderer written by D'Arcy Jenish and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic Wanderer, the first full-length biography of mapmaker David Thompson (1770?1857), is set in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries against the broad canvas of dramatic rivalries between the United States and British North America, between the Hudson?s Bay Company and its Montreal-based rival, the North West Company, and among the various First Nations thrown into disarray by the advent of guns, horses, and alcohol. Less celebrated than his contemporaries Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Thompson spent nearly three decades, beginning in 1784, surveying and mapping more than 1.2 million square miles of largely uncharted Indian territory. Traveling across the prairies, over the Rockies, and on to the Pacific, Thompson transformed the raw data of his explorations into a map of the Canadian West. Measuring ten feet by seven feet and exhibiting astonishing accuracy, the map became essential to the politicians and diplomats who would decide the future of the rich and promising lands of the West. Yet its creator worked without personal glory and died in penniless obscurity. Drawing extensively on Thompson?s personal journals and illustrated with his detailed sketches, intricate notebook pages, and the map itself, Epic Wanderer charts the life of a man who risked everything in the name of scientific advancement and exploration.
Author : Wishinsky, Frieda
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : Pearson Education Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780131244535
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (445 download)
Download or read book David Thompson : Map-maker written by Wishinsky, Frieda and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Pearson Education Canada. This book was released on 2005 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1784, a young boy arrived at Hudson Bay, cold and shivering but ready for adventure. He found it in the uncharted wilderness of North America. David Thompson: Map-Maker explores the exciting life of the man who put much of Canada on the map."--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Jack Nisbet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781636821177
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (211 download)
Download or read book The mapmaker's eye: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau written by Jack Nisbet and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Author Jack Nisbet utilizes fresh research to convey how Thompson experienced the full sweep of the human and natural history etched across the Columbia drainage. He places Thompson's movements within the larger contexts of the European Enlightenment, the British fur trade economy, and American expansion as represented by Lewis and Clark. Packed with illustrations, photographs, and maps, The Mapmaker's Eye is a chronicle of Thompson's life and adventures, especially in the Columbia country."--Jacket.
Author : Jack Nisbet
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
ISBN 13 : 9781570610066
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Sources of the River written by Jack Nisbet and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet re-creates the life and times of David Thompson-fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America and was the first to chart the entire length of the Columbia River. His field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the region, and Nisbet uses them to guide his own discovery of the Northwest Territory some two centuries later. Book jacket.
Author : Kerry Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)
Download or read book The Map-Maker. The Story of David Thompson ... Illustrated by William Wheeler written by Kerry Wood and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Dalhousie Landell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (224 download)
Download or read book David Thompson written by Charles Dalhousie Landell and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barbara Mitchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780889775039
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Mapmaker written by Barbara Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of exploration, family ties, and how the territorial interests of a large corporation enabled scientific study of the natural world, Mapmaker is the first biography of Philip Turnor, the surveyor who traversed and mapped vast areas of northern Canada.
Author : L Leighton Decore
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525525093
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Twice Chosen Man written by L Leighton Decore and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1810, and a small group of French-Canadian voyageurs, fur trade men, are canoeing the largely uncharted waters of western Canada in a rush to reach the mouth of the Columbia River. As if traveling treacherous waters, crossing unmapped mountain passes, enduring harsh winters, and surviving among bears and wolves and encounters with unfamiliar indigenous tribes weren’t challenging enough, they likely have a thief in their midst and expect to become the target of an assassination attempt. The men, accompanied by a new British arrival and two Iroquois warriors, work at the behest of their beloved comrade, David Thompson, the famed British-Canadian fur trapper, mapmaker, and explorer. Unbeknownst to them, the stranger in their midst proves to be one William Ashford, a Captain of the 95th Regiment of foot and one of the 'Chosen Men’ of British riflemen. What they don’t know yet is that Ashford, an expert marksman, has been recruited by the British government as a spy and has been selected to protect Thompson and his maps and log books from a rogue group of Americans. He must use his skills as a rifleman, his intelligence as a military officer, and his willingness to learn from the Iroquois Indians who accompany and befriend him to protect Thompson at all costs. Drawing on a richly assembled history of exploration of western Canada and the race to claim its abundant resources, Twice Chosen Man offers an exhilarating rush and deep immersion into the forces that will ignite the War of 1812 and the eventual maturation of an emerging Canada.
Author : David Thompson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773517529
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Columbia Journals written by David Thompson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1994 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thompson (1770-1857) was a fur trader, explorer, and cartographer who documented his efforts on behalf of the North West Company to find good trade routes across the Canadian Rockies. His journals also reveal his interest in mapping the Pacific watershed north of California and provide a detailed contemporary picture of the fur business during its greatest expansion. Includes an introduction, extensive notes and details of Thompson's manuscript maps, and the work of other cartographers of the period. c. Book News Inc.
Author : Jack Nisbet
Publisher : Pullman : Washington State University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Mapmaker's Eye written by Jack Nisbet and published by Pullman : Washington State University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the sweep of human and natural history on the Columbia Plateau through the eyes of intrepid explorer and cartographer David Thompson, who established two viable trade routes across the Rocky Mountains in Canada, systematically surveyed the entire 1,250-mile course of the Columbia River, and subsequently distilled his mathematical notations into the first accurate maps of a vast portion of the northwest quadrant of North America.
Author : Daniel Francis
Publisher : Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of British Columbia written by Daniel Francis and published by Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BC publishing event of the decade! 30,000 copies in print!
Author : David Thompson
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780343177775
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (777 download)
Download or read book David Thompson's Narrative written by David Thompson and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Kerry Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (639 download)
Download or read book The Map-maker; the Story of David Thompson. Illustrated by William Wheeler written by Kerry Wood and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jack Nisbet
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
ISBN 13 : 1570618178
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Sources of the River, 2nd Edition written by Jack Nisbet and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The awe-inspiring story of explorer David Thompson, whose expeditions helped shape western North America In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet re-creates the life and times of David Thompson—fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America, and his field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the what is now British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Thompson was the first person to chart the entire route of the Columbia river, and his wilderness expeditions have become the stuff of legend. Jack Nisbet tracks the explorer across the content, interweaving his own observations with Thompson’s historical writings. The result is a fascinating story of two men discovering the Northwest territory almost two hundred years apart.
Author : Adam Shoalts
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143194003
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book A History of Canada in Ten Maps written by Adam Shoalts and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2018 Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize Shortlisted for the 2018 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction The sweeping, epic story of the mysterious land that came to be called “Canada” like it’s never been told before. Every map tells a story. And every map has a purpose--it invites us to go somewhere we've never been. It’s an account of what we know, but also a trace of what we long for. Ten Maps conjures the world as it appeared to those who were called upon to map it. What would the new world look like to wandering Vikings, who thought they had drifted into a land of mythical creatures, or Samuel de Champlain, who had no idea of the vastness of the landmass just beyond the treeline? Adam Shoalts, one of Canada’s foremost explorers, tells the stories behind these centuries old maps, and how they came to shape what became “Canada.” It’s a story that will surprise readers, and reveal the Canada we never knew was hidden. It brings to life the characters and the bloody disputes that forged our history, by showing us what the world looked like before it entered the history books. Combining storytelling, cartography, geography, archaeology and of course history, this book shows us Canada in a way we've never seen it before.
Author : Don McMaster (Artist)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (926 download)
Download or read book Diaries of a Map Maker written by Don McMaster (Artist) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description of Don McMaster's art project, during which he created nine paintings representing the explorations of David Thompson. Colour reproductions of the paintings are included, along with artists' notes for each, and the excerpts from Thompson's diaries which inspired each painting.
