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David Thompson has been called one of the world's greatest geographers. During his 28 years in the fur trade, Thompson walked, canoed, rode horses, and snow-shoed 88,500 kilometres, and surveyed more than 3 million square kilometres of wilderness. He was the epitome of the tough, rugged adventuer.
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David Thompson- The Epic Expeditions of a Great Canadian Explorer "He has a very powerful mind, and a singular faculty of picture-making. He can create a wilderness and people it with warring savages, or climb the Rocky Mountains with you in a snow storm, so clearly and palpably, that... you hear the crack of the rifle, or feel the snow-flakes on your cheeks as he talks." J.J. Bigsby on David Thompson This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: history biography David Thompson has been called one of the world's greatest geographers. During his 28 years in the fur trade, Thompson walked, canoed, rode horses, and snow-shoed 88,500 kilometres, and surveyed more than 3 million square kilometres of wilderness. He was the epitome of the tough, rugged adventurer.