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Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America

By Jack , Nisbet

Book information

Publisher
Sasquatch Books
Year
2011
ISBN
9781570618178, 9781283262828, 1283262827, 1570618178
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1834050 bytes)
Pages
305 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

From 1784 to 1812, fur trader, surveyor, and mapmaker David Thompson explored western North America. His field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of what is now British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Thompson was the first person to fully chart the Columbia River, and his wilderness expeditions have become legendary. Jack Nisbet tracks the explorer across the continent, interweaving his own sharp observations with Thompson's historical writings.

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