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Between 1816 and 1823 Stephen Harriman Long headed five expeditions
that traveled 26,000 miles from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky
Mountains and from the headwaters of the Canadian River in New
Mexico to Lake Winnipeg in Canada. This book deals with two of his
northern journeys--the only two for which the explorer's personal
journals are known to have survived. The 1817 journal describes
Long's trip up the Mississippi River to the Falls of St. Anthony at
present-day Minneapolis and back down the river to Fort Belle
Fontaine on the Missouri. The 1823 journal covers Long's last major
exploration, from Philadelphia west across present-day
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota,
and back along fur trade routes in Manitoba and Ontario, through
the Great Lakes and newly opened parts of the Erie Canal. The
journals reveal the writer's classical education and scientific
knowledge. They also reflect the man himself--efficient, logical,
concise, meticulous, persevering--a man cheerful in the face of
physical discomfort but intolerant of incompetence or
irresponsibility on the part of his men.
The many difficulties and occasional rewards of early travel and
transportation in Minnesota are highlighted in this book, along
with the state's relations with what became western Canada and
insights into the development of business in Minnesota. The meeting
of Indian and European cultures is vividly manifested by the
mixed-blood Metis who became the mainstay of the Red River trade.
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Caroline (Paperback)
Carolyn Gilman Middleton Guyer
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R333
Discovery Miles 3 330
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Dr. David and Dr. Dog
Carolyn Gilman Middleton Guyer
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R233
Discovery Miles 2 330
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Sick Slick (Paperback)
Carolyn Gilman Middleton Guyer
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R607
Discovery Miles 6 070
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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