Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 2 Volume Set: And of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . Library Collection - North American History)

Hind, Henry Youle

ISBN 10: 1108070906 / ISBN 13: 9781108070904

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ERICA82911080709066

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 2 Volume Set: And of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . Library Collection - North American History)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1108070906
• ISBN-13: 9781108070904
• Einband: paperback
• Zustand: New
• Buchtyp: book

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Inhaltsangabe

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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Born in Nottingham, Henry Youle Hind (1823-1908) moved to Canada in 1846. He joined the newly formed Canadian Institute in 1849 and later taught chemistry and geology at Trinity College in Toronto. In 1857-8, he made a range of observations during two expeditions to investigate underexplored areas of Canada and their agricultural and mineral potential to support future settlement. Illustrated with a number of plates based on photographs, this two-volume work first appeared in 1860. Intended for a broad readership, the narrative is regarded as a classic of nineteenth-century exploration literature, noted especially for its descriptive use of language and eye for detail. Volume 1 covers the entire Red River expedition of 1857 and the first part of the 1858 expedition through parts of the Assiniboine, Saskatchewan and other valleys. Volume 2 contains the concluding chapters on that expedition. Hind then considers the region's indigenous people before closing with geological and climatic observations.