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David Thompson, 1770-1857 Mapmaker - To Know More
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LINKS

"David Thompson". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.
http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38340&query=thompson

"David Thompson". The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?
PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007969

Library and Archives Canada. Pathfinders and Passageways:
The Exploration of Canada
. "David Thompson: The Intrepid Surveyor".
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/explorers/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/explorers/index-f.html

Library and Archives Canada. Passageways: True Tales of Adventure
for Young Explorers
. "David Thompson: The Man Who Looks at Stars".
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/explorers/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/explorers/index-e.html

Parks Canada. Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site of Canada.
"David Thompson".
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ab/rockymountain/natcul/natcul06_E.asp

BOOKS

Shardlow, Tom. David Thompson: A Trail by Stars. Montreal:
XYZ Publishing, 2006.

Jenish, D’Arcy. Epic Wanderer: David Thompson and the Mapping
of the Canadian West .
Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2004.

Pole, Graeme. David Thompson: The Epic Expeditions of a Great Canadian Explorer. Canmore, Alberta: Altitude Publishing Canada, 2003.

Thompson, David. Travels in Western North America, 1784 –1812.
Edited by Victor G. Hopwood. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1971.

Currently featuring
Detail from David Thompson taking an observation

Detail from David Thompson Taking an Observation
Charles William Jefferys
Library and Archives Canada
C-073573


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