Download or read book Rae to Great Bear Lake Mackenzie District N W T written by D. F. Kidd and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rae to Great Bear Lake Mackenzie District Northwest Territories written by Geological Survey of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rae to Great Bear Lake Mackenzie District N W T written by D. F. Kidd and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rae to Great Bear Lake written by D. F. Kidd and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Unexploited West written by Ernest J. Chambers and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Unexploited West by Ernest J. Chambers
Download or read book John Rae s Arctic Correspondence 1844 1855 written by John Rae and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2014 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Arctic explorer and Hudson Bay Company surveyor John Rae (1813-1893) travelled and recorded the final uncharted sections of the Northwest Passage, he is best known for his controversial discovery of the fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845. Based on evidence given to him by local Inuit, Rae determined that Franklin's crew had resorted to cannibalism in their final, desperate days. Seen as maligning a national hero, Rae was shunned by British society. This collection of personal correspondence--reissued here for the first time since its original publication in 1953--illuminates the details of Rae's expeditions through his own words. The letters offer a glimpse into Rae's daily life, his ideas, musings, and troubles. Prefaced by the original, thorough introduction detailing his early life, John Rae's Arctic Correspondence is a crucial resource for any Arctic enthusiast. This new edition features a foreword by researcher and Arctic enthusiast Ken McGoogan, the award-winning author of eleven books, including Fatal Passage: The Untold Story of John Rae (HarperCollins, 2002).
Download or read book The Unexploited West A Compilation of all of the Authentic Information Available at the Present Time as to the Natural Resources of the Unexploited Regions of Northern Canada written by Ernest John Chambers and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When in 1867 the four principal British provinces in the eastern portion of North America were confederated under the British North America Act and became the original Dominion of Canada, the vast regions of the west vaguely known under several designations such as the “Hudson’s Bay Territory,” the “Northwest Territory” and “Rupert’s Land,” and extending from the United States boundary to Arctic sea, and from the western frontier of Ontario, James bay and Hudson bay to Rocky mountains, remained under the rule of the Hudson’s Bay Company. The Fathers of Confederation had in view, however, a union of all the British possessions on the continent, and one of the measures passed at the first session of the first parliament of the new Dominion provided for the opening of negotiations for the union of the Hudson bay territory with the confederated provinces. Thanks largely to the diplomatic offices of the British government, the rights of the Hudson’s Bay Company were eventually bought out by Canada, and this vast territory, estimated at upwards of two million three hundred thousand square miles, was transferred to the Dominion of Canada in the year 1867. The cash consideration obtained by the company from the Dominion for the relinquishment of its rights and titles was the sum of three hundred thousand pounds sterling; but there was also a provision for the retention by the Company of blocks of land adjoining each of its stations; and the right was allowed the company for fifty years, from 1870, to “claim in any township or district within the fertile belt in which land is set out for settlement, grants of land not exceeding one-twentieth part of the land so set out.” For the purpose of the agreement the “Fertile Belt” was described therein as being bounded as follows:—“On the south by the United States boundary; on the west by Rocky mountains; on the north by the northern branch of the Saskatchewan; on the east by Lake Winnipeg, Lake of the Woods, and the waters connecting them.”
Download or read book Metalliferous Mineral Deposits of the Cascade Range in Oregon written by Emma Mertins Thom and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summary Report of the Geological Survey Department of Canada for the Year written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Dictionary of National Biography written by Leslie Stephen and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Rae Arctic Explorer written by John Rae and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Rae’s accomplishments is much greater. Over five expeditions, Rae mapped some 1,550 miles (2,494 kilometres) of Arctic coastline; he is undoubtedly one of the Arctic’s greatest explorers, yet today his significance is all but lost. John Rae, Arctic Explorer is an annotated version of Rae’s unfinished autobiography. William Barr has extended Rae’s previously unpublished manuscript and completed his story based on Rae’s reports and correspondence—including reaction to his revelations about the Franklin Expedition. Barr’s meticulously researched, long overdue presentation of Rae’s life and legacy is an immensely valuable addition to the literature of Arctic exploration.
Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Explorers written by Alan Wexler and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informative, fascinating resource suitable for students, researchers, and general readers, this biographical dictionary is a "who was who" of world and space explorers, giving readers a sense of the human drama—the achievements and the challenges—that those who go where few or none have gone before must face. The explorers covered include Jacques Cousteau, Sir Vivian Fuchs, John Glenn Jr., Aleksei Leonov, Annie Peck, Valentina Tereshkova, and many more.
Download or read book Northern Lights written by Edward J. Cowan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Arthur Herman’s How the Scots Invented the Modern World comes a narrative that charts the remarkable—yet often overlooked or misidentified—Scottish contribution to Arctic exploration The search for the Northwest Passage is filled with stories of tragedy, adventure, courage, and endurance. It was one of the great maritime challenges of the era. It was not until the 1850’s that the first one-way partial transit of the passage was made. Previous attempts had all failed, and some, like the ill-fated attempted by Sir John Franklin in 1845 ended in tragedy with the loss of the entire expedition, which was comprised of two ships and 129 men. Northern Lights reveals Scotland’s previously unsung role in the remarkable history of Arctic exploration. There was the intrepid John Ross, an eccentric hell-raiser from Stranraer and a veteran of three Arctic expeditions; his nephew, James Clark Ross, the most experienced explorer of his generation and discoverer of the Magnetic North Pole; Dr. John Richardson of Dumfries, who became an accidental cannibal and deliberate executionaer of a murderer as well as an engaging natural historian; and Orcadian John Rae, the man who first discovered evidence of Sir John Franklin and his crew’s demise. Northern Lights also pays tribute and reveals other overlooked stories in this fascinating era of history: the Scotch Irish, the whalers, and especially the Inuit, whose unparalleled knowledge of the Arctic environment was often indispensible. For anyone fascinated by Scottish history or hungry for tales of Arctic adventure, Northern Lights is a vivid new addition to the rich tradition of polar narratives.
Download or read book Adventuring with Boldness written by Bruce C. Paton and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is split into two sections, the first telling the stories of the expeditions of Alexander Mackenzie, Zebulon Pike, Lewis and Clark, John Wesley Powell, and more. The second part tells how they dealt with travel issues.
Download or read book My life with the Eskimo written by V. Stefansson and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1941 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
