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  • Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada: A Journey of 3,200 Miles by Canoe and Snowshoe Through the Barren Lands

    by James Williams Tyrrell ...
    "As a record of adventure, of imminent peril and hair-breadth escapes, of hunting polar bears, and taking a winter tramp of a thousand miles, we know no narrative of more absorbing character." -Methodist Magazine, 1898"Decidedly well-told story." Canadian Bookseller, 1898"Interesting from many points of view."-Educational Monthly of Canada, 1898The Brothers Tyrrell have the honour of having made ... Read more

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  • Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada: A Journey of 3,200 Miles by Canoe and Snowshoe Through the Barren Lands

    by James William Tyrrell ...
    On the morning of the 10th of May, 1893, in response to a telegram from Ottawa, I took train at Hamilton for Toronto, to meet my brother, J. Burr Tyrrell, of the Canadian Geological Survey, and make final arrangements for a trip to the North. He had been authorized by the Director of that most important department of the Canadian Government to conduct, in company with myself, an exploration survey ... Read more

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  • Climbing Nanga Parbat - The History of Mountaineering Expeditions to One of the Highest Peaks in the Himalayas

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  • The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with

    by John Charles Frémont ...
    No work has appeared from the American press within the past few years better calculated to interest the community at large than Colonel J.C. Fremont's Narrative of his Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon, and North California, undertaken by the orders of the United States government. ... Read more

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  • Pontiac's War: The Siege of Detroit. Illustrated.

    by J T Headley ...
    A short history of the siege of Detroit by Pontiac, chief of the Ottawas, as he banded together diverse tribes to try to stave off the inevitable English onslaught. ... Read more

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  • Pioneers of the Pacific Coast

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    by Agnes C. Laut ...
    In the early sixteenth century, the first exploratory ships arrived on the Pacific Coast of North America. These rovers were seeking gold and silver, fur pelts, a safe passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic, and above all, adventure. Though many of the voyagers didn’t survive the dangerous sea crossings or the perils that awaited them on land, their stories live on in Pioneers of the Pacific ... Read more

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  • Through the Subarctic Forest

    by Warburton Mayer Pike ...
    "One of the most adventurous canoe voyages ever undertaken." - The Critic, 1896"Will forever remain one of the classics of northwestern travel." -Charles Sheldon"Pike was to British Columbia what Selous himself was to Africa" -Life of Selous (1918)"The story of Mr. Pike's adventures is often exciting, and presents many incidents of hunting and fishing which will interest sportsmen." -New Outlook, ... Read more

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  • David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America, 1784-1812

    by David Thompson ...
    David Thompson (1770 – 1857) was a North American fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer." Over his career he mapped over 3.9 million square kilometres of North America and for this has been described as the "greatest land geographer who ever lived."THE account here published of the explorations of David Thompson in the western parts ... Read more

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  • Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits.

    by Harry De Windt ...
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    Elibron Classics. Replica of 1898 edition by Harper & Brothers, New York and London.A narrative of the expedition taken by Captain Harry Willes Darell de Windt from Alaska to Siberia throughout the Bering Straight at the end of 19th century. ... Read more

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