Authors and Sources


Authors

Exploration in the Far Northwest (Volume I, Plate 67; Concise Plate 8)
RICHARD I. RUGGLES Department of Geography, Queen's University

Sources

Exploration of the Far Northwest, 1741-1822 (Map)

Russian Explorers

  • Vitus Joanassen Bering
  • Alexei Chirikov
  • Grigor Ivanovich Shelikov
  • Gerasim Grigorievich Ismailov
  • Master Bocharov
  • Joseph Billings DCB 5: 79-81
  • Gavriil Andreevich Sarychev

    • Spanish Explorers

  • Juan Josef Perez Hernandez DCB 4: 622-3
  • Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra DCB 4: 72-4
  • Francisco de Eliza y Reventa
  • Salvador Fidalgo
  • Cayetano Valdes y Flores Bazan
  • Dionisio Alcala-Galiano DCB 5: 11-12
  • Jacinto Caamano

    • British Explorers

  • James Cook DCB 4: 162-7
  • George Vancouver DCB 4: 743-8

    • Explorers of the Interior

  • Peter Pond, DCB 5: 681-6
  • Alexander Mackenzie, DCB 5: 537-43
  • Philip Turnor, DCB 4: 740-2
  • Peter Fidler, DCB 6: 249-52
  • Malchom (Malcolm) Ross, DCB 4: 684-5
  • David Thompson, DCB 8: 878-84
  • Edward Jarvis, DCB 4: 389-90
  • John Kipling
  • George Sutherland, DCB 4: 726-7
  • James Sutherland, DCB 4: 727-8
  • James Hudson

    • Explorers of the Arctic

  • John Ross DCB 8: 770-4
  • William Edward Parry, DCB 8: 683-6
  • John Franklin; John Richardson, DCB 9: 658-61
  • George Back, DCB 10: 26-9

    • note: DCB stands for Dictionary of Canadian Biography

    Pond map, 1785 (Static Map)
    Hodgson map, 1791 (Static Map)
    Arrowsmith map, 1795 (Static Map)
    Thompson map, 1814 (Static Map)
    Taylor map, ca 1830 (Static Map)

    The Pond, Arrowsmith, and Taylor maps are from the collection at the PAC. The Hodgson map is from the collection in the HBC Archives, PAM. The original of the Thompson map is in the Ontario Archives; the version on this plate is based on a simplified drawing of the Thompson map published by the Champlain Society. For HBC sources see Authors and Sources for Exploration from Hudson Bay, 17th to 19th Centuries.

    Further Readings

  • Cooke, Alan, and Clive Holland. The Exploration of Northern Canada, 500-1920: A Chronology. Toronto: Arctic History, 1978
  • Morton, A.S. A History of the Canadian West to 1870-71. Toronto: Nelson, 1939
  • Moulton, Gary E., ed. Atlas of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983
  • Rich, Edwin Ernest. The History of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1670-1870. 2 vols. London: HBC Record Society, 1958-9
  • Ruggles, Richard I. 'The West of Canada in 1763: Imagination and Reality.'The Canadian Geographer 15, no. 4 (1971)
  • Schwartz, Seymour I., and Ralph E. Ehrenberg. The Mapping of America. New York: Abrams, 1980
  • Stuart-Stubbs, Basil, and Coolie Verner. The Northpart of America. Don Mills, Ont: Academic Press, 1979
  • Thomson, Don W. Men and Meridians: The History of Surveying and Mapping in Canada. Vol 1. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1966
  • Warkentin, John. The Western Interior of Canada. The Carleton Library, no. 15. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1964
  • Warkentin, John, and Richard I. Ruggles. Historical Atlas of Manitoba, 1612-1969. Winnipeg: Manitoba Historical Society, 1970