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The western interior of Canada : a record of geographical discovery, 1612-1917 / edited and with an introduction by John Warkentin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Warkentin, John, Author.
- Series:
- Carleton library ; no. 15.
- Carleton library ; number 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada--Description and travel.
- Canada.
- Canada--Discovery and exploration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto [Ontario] : McClelland and Stewart, [1964]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume consists of excerpts from journals, diaries and reports of geographical explorations into the western interior of Canada from the first known journeys of Jens Munck and Luke Foxe up to the scientific surveys undertaken in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Explorers venture across the west 1612-1824
- On the western coast of Hudson Bay 1612-31
- Explorations inland, 1683-1787
- An emerging geographical pattern , 1784-1814
- The fur trader turns geologist, 1812-24
- Scientific explorations and surveys 1819-1917
- Scientific travellers and observers, 1819-55
- Geographical expeditions study the west 1853-81
- Regional reconnaissance and exploratory surveys, 1881-1917
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-299) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7735-9153-2
- OCLC:
- 887635098
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