Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857: And Of The Assinniboine And Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition Of 1858 (Cambridge . . . - North American History) (Volume 2) - Brossura

Hind, Henry Youle

 
9781108070898: Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857: And Of The Assinniboine And Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition Of 1858 (Cambridge . . . - North American History) (Volume 2)

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Published in 1860, a geologist's popular two-volume account of expeditions to investigate underexplored areas of Canada and their agricultural potential.

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Published in 1860, this is a two-volume account of expeditions to investigate underexplored areas of Canada and their agricultural and mineral potential. Illustrated with plates based on photographs, this work by geologist Henry Youle Hind (1823–1908) remains a classic of nineteenth-century exploration literature, intended for a broad readership.

Contenuti

23. Lake Winnipeg; 24. The mouth of the Little Saskatchewan; 25. From Winnipego-Sis Lake to the summit of the Riding Mountain; 26. Manitobah House; 27. Winter journey with dogs from Fort Garry to Crow Wing; 28. Indian wealth; 29. Indian customs and superstitions; 30. Indian population of British America; 31. Indian title to Red River; 32. Missionary labour and its results; 33. The Hudson's Bay Company; 34. The communication between Canada and Red River; 35. The communication between Red River and the Pacific; 36. Surface geology; 37. The Laurentian and Huronian series; 38. The Silurian and Devonian series; 39. The Carboniferous series; 40. The Cretaceous series; 41. Climate of the Laurentides and the prairies; 42. The locusts and the floods; Appendix; Index.

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