First across the continent : Sir Alexander Mackenzie / by Barry Gough.
TITLE:
First across the continent : Sir Alexander Mackenzie / by Barry Gough.
Publication Date:
1997
Publication Information:
Toronto : McClelland & Stewart,
Physical Description:
232 p. : ill., maps.
Geographic Term:
Summary:
Biography of the explorer Alexander Mackenzie, the first man to cross North America from the western hub of interior trade, Lake Athabasca, to the Pacific Ocean. Gough describes how Mackenzie came to North America in search of opportunity, and having achieved success in the fur trade, began journeying to the furthest reaches of the north and west.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780771034060
