Title The writings of David Thompson. Volume 2, The travels, 1848 version, and associated texts / edited with an introduction by William E. Moreau

Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press ; Toronto : The Champlain Society, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource Series The publications of the Champlain Society Publications of the Champlain Society. Contents Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION; I -- THE WESTERN INTERIOR; II -- THE NATIVES OF NORTH AMERICA; III -- ACROSS THE DIVIDE: 1807-1811; IV -- TO THE PACIFIC AND DOWN TO MONTREAL: 1811-1812; 1847 CONCLUSION; 1845 OPENING; "THE MOUNTAINS OF EVERY CONTINENT"; TRAVELS OF DAVID THOMPSON; APPENDIX; "THE NATIVES OF NORTH AMERICA"; WATER; APPENDIX I: PROSPECTUS; APPENDIX 2: MOUNTAIN SKETCHES; APPENDIX 3: BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES; APPENDIX 4: TABLE OF NATIVE GROUPS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX Summary 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 Native peoples of western North America. The second in a planned three volumes of Thompson's writings, this edition completes the great surveyor and fur trader's spirited autobiographical narrative. In the 1848 Travels, Thompson describes his most enduring historical legacy - the extension of the fur trade across the Continental Divide between 1807 and 1812. During these years he established several Nor'wester trading posts, made contact with the tribal peoples of the Columbia Plateau, and tirelessly mapped the lands he traversed, all the time striving westward toward the Pacific. The tale culminates with Thompson's historic arrival at the mouth of the Columbia in July 1811. Like its companion Volume 1, this work presents an entirely new transcription by William Moreau of Thompson's manuscript, and is accompanied by an introductory essay placing the author in his historical and intellectual context. Extensive critical annotations, a biographical appendix, and historical and modern maps, make this the definitive collection of Thompson's works, and bring one of North America's most important travelers and surveyors to a new generation of readers Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Thompson, David, 1770-1857 -- Travel -- Canada, Western Thompson, David, 1770-1857 -- Travel -- Northwest, Pacific SUBJECT Thompson, David, 1770-1857 fast Subject Hudson's Bay Company -- History North West Company -- History SUBJECT Hudson's Bay Company fast North West Company fast Subject Explorers -- Canada -- Biography Surveyors -- Canada -- Biography Cartographers -- Canada -- Biography Fur traders -- Canada -- Biography Pioneers -- Canada -- Biography TRAVEL -- Canada -- Prairie Provinces (MB, Sask.) HISTORY -- Canada -- Pre-Confederation (to 1867) Cartographers Explorers Fur traders Pioneers Surveyors Travel Reisebericht SUBJECT Northwest, Canadian -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092590 Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092605 Subject Canada Canada -- Canadian Northwest Western Canada Pacific Northwest Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Moreau, William, 1969- editor. Champlain Society. ISBN 9780773583696 0773583696

Other Titles Travels, 1848 version, and associated texts

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