David Thompson's narrative of his explorations in western America, 1784-1812

David Thompson's narrative of his explorations in western America, 1784-1812

Author: Thompson, David, 1770-1857. (author)

Year: 1916

Thompson, David: 1770-1857. Born in England; joined HBC, 1784; transferred to NWC, 1797-1812; explorer and surveyor; fur trader (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Tyrrell, Joseph Burr: 1858-1957. Geologist and mining engineer interested in Canadian history; member of Geological Survey of Canada; prominent in surveying and exploring western and northern Canada, 1881-1898; edited works of explorers ( Canadian who's who , 1936-1937). // Edition limited to 550 copies, of which 500 are numbered. Also published, New York: Greenwood Press, 1968 (xcviii, 582p.); Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1980 (xcviii, 582p.); as David Thompson's narrative, 1784-1812 , new enlarged edition, edited by Richard Gilchrist Glover, edition limited to 1025 copies (625 numbered), Toronto: Champlain Society, 1962 (cii, 410, xvp.). Part I covers Thompson's experiences and travels in the service of HBC and NWC in the country east of the Rockies between 1784 and 1807. Part II covers the years 1807 to 1812 in detail. Thompson wrote the manuscript about 1847, many years after he had left the West. The manuscript was owned by Tyrrell, but was transferred to the Ontario Archives.