NovaCat - NSU Libraries Catalog user info Skip the menu to the main content
     

Cover for {{ rc.info.title }}

{{rc.info.title}}

{{ rc.info.subtitle }}

{{ rc.info.author }}

{{ rc.info.edition }}

{{ rc.info.publisher }} {{ rc.info.year }}

Summary

{{rc.info.summary}} {{rc.info.summaryMore}}

Location Call # Volume Status
 Sherman Library  F1060.7.T48 N567 2005    AVAILABLE  
LINK(S):
Table of contents
Author Nisbet, Jack, 1949-
Title The mapmaker's eye : David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau / Jack Nisbet.
OCLC 60766972
ISBN 0874222850 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publisher Pullman : Washington State University Press, [2005]
©2005
Description xii, 180 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm
LC Subject heading/s Thompson, David, 1770-1857.
Explorers -- Northwest, Canadian -- Biography.
Fur traders -- Northwest, Canadian -- Biography.
Cartographers -- Canada -- Biography.
Kootenai Indians -- History -- 19th century.
Salish Indians -- History -- 19th century.
Natural history -- Columbia River Valley.
Northwest, Canadian -- Discovery and exploration.
Columbia River Valley -- Discovery and exploration.
Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.) -- Discovery and exploration.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-173) and index.
Contents A mathematical boy -- Lure of the Columbia -- Rising star -- The Stoney Mountains -- An attempt to cross the Rocky Mountains-1801 -- Across the Divide -- Rocky Mountain House -- Height of land -- Kootanae House -- Waiting for Ugly Head -- Winter 1807-08 -- Among the Kootenai and Salish -- Trading & discovery-spring 1808 -- Flooded out -- Second winter, 1808-1809 -- Kullyspel House -- The country before us -- Saleesh House -- A more eligible road -- A critical situation -- On rotation -- Athabasca Pass -- Boat encampment -- Journey to Spokane House -- Kettle Falls -- A voyage down the Columbia -- Passage to the sea -- Mr. Astor's company -- Completing the circle -- Last winter -- Legacy -- The mapmaker -- Boundaries -- Travels.
Permanent link back to this item
https://novacat.nova.edu:446/record=b1727356~S13

Use classic NovaCat |