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Lädt ... Journal of the Voyage to the Pacificvon Alexander Mackenzie
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Well written and engrossing, Alexander Mackenzie's account of his travels across Canada is well balanced between exciting adventures and descriptive details of his trip. The book makes for a quick and entertaining read, as Mackenzie describes that hardships of taking a canoe halfway across Canada (and marching the rest of the way) past Native American tribes, some of whom had never seen a white man before. Unlike some of the early explorers, Mackenzie seemed to have a fairly progressive attitude toward native people (unless they stole something, which made him a bit Cook-esque) which also helped me really enjoy this book. One of my favorite North America exploration accounts for its readability and story. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
In 1793 Sir Alexander Mackenzie completed the first crossing of the North American continent, more than a decade before Lewis and Clark. Although overshadowed by the latter expedition, Mackenzie's journey was one of the great feats in the history of exploration. With a small party of French-Canadian voyageurs, the explorer traversed some of the most forbidding terrain on the continent, including the Rocky Mountains, and reached the Dean Channel on the Pacific coast of British Columbia on July 22. Although Mackenzie's actual journal of the trek has been lost, a book based on it appeared in 1801. It has long been recognized by authorities as a primary document of western Americana. Until the first publication of the present volume, however, Mackenzie's book had never been published in a properly annotated edition. Walter Sheppe not only edited and annotated Mackenzie's text, he personally retraced much of the explorer's route, adding an extra dimension of personal experience to his preparation of this volume. The result is a rich chronicle of a remarkable journey, replete with Mackenzie's firsthand accounts of extraordinary places (many still as inaccessible as in 1793), and a wealth of invaluable observations on Indian tribes, plants, wildlife and other aspects of the expedition. In addition, Mr. Sheppe has provided a brief outline of the explorer's life, a detailed day-to-day itinerary of the journey, his own field notes when he retraced Mackenzie's steps and a discussion of the journal's provenance. - Back cover. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)917.204History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in North America Mexico, Central America, And The CaribbeanKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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