Thompson's Highway - Twigg, Alan
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Twigg traces the writings of David Thompson, Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser and thirty of their peers, mainly Scotsmen, who founded and managed more than fifty forts west of the Rockies prior to 1850. After the failure of Alexander Mackenzie and Simon Fraser to find a navigable route to the Pacific Ocean, it was the remarkable mapmaker, David Thompson, who was instrumental in creating the 'highway' for commerce that connected both sides of the North American continent. Thompson's exploration and mapping enabled George Simpson, the 'Little Emperor' of the Hudson's Bay Company, and James…mehr

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Twigg traces the writings of David Thompson, Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser and thirty of their peers, mainly Scotsmen, who founded and managed more than fifty forts west of the Rockies prior to 1850. After the failure of Alexander Mackenzie and Simon Fraser to find a navigable route to the Pacific Ocean, it was the remarkable mapmaker, David Thompson, who was instrumental in creating the 'highway' for commerce that connected both sides of the North American continent. Thompson's exploration and mapping enabled George Simpson, the 'Little Emperor' of the Hudson's Bay Company, and James Douglas, the founding father of the province, finally to bring viability to the corporate fur trade on the so-called Western Slope.
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Autorenporträt
As the author of 20 books in 40 years, Alan Twigg is British Columbia's leading man of letters having also created BC BookWorld, BC BookLook, ABCBookWorld, seven literary documentaries, many of the province's literary prizes and the Indigenous Literary Map of BC. He is a Member of the Order of Canada.