The Letters and Journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808

328 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

B.C. journalist Stephen Hume has said that fur trader and explorer Simon Fraser should be celebrated as the founder of British Columbia. Certainly, the achievements of the Scottish-descended United Empire Loyalist adventurer were impressive. During three extraordinary years, 1805-1808, Fraser undertook the third major expedition (after Alexander Mackenzie's and Lewis and Clark's) across North America, culminating in his famous journey down the river in British Columbia that now bears his name. Employed by the Montreal-based North West Company, Fraser was responsible for building many of British Columbia's first trading posts. His exploratory efforts helped lead to Canada's boundary later being declared at the 49th parallel. In this new volume, librarian and archivist W. Kaye Lamb provides a detailed introduction as well as illuminating annotations to Fraser's journals, which were originally published by Macmillan of Canada in 1960.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Amerikanische Geschichte
• ISBN: 9781550027136
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.05.2007
• Größe: 216 x 139 mm
• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Herausgegeben von: W Kaye Lamb