First across the continent: Sir Alexander Mackenzie

485 Pages·1997·3.04 MB·English

by  Barry M. Gough

First Across the Continent : Sir Alexander
title: Mackenzie Oklahoma Western Biographies
; V. 14
author: Gough, Barry M.
publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin: 0806130024
print isbn13: 9780806130026
ebook isbn13: 9780585155937
language: English
Mackenzie, Alexander,--Sir,--1763-1820,
Explorers--Northwest, Canadian--
Biography, Fur traders--Northwest,
Canadian--Biography, Northwest,
subject
Canadian--Discovery and exploration, Fur
trade--Northwest, Canadian--History,
Indians of North America--Northwest, C
publication date: 1997
lcc: F1060.7.M17G68eb
ddc: 971.2/01/092
Mackenzie, Alexander,--Sir,--1763-1820,
Explorers--Northwest, Canadian--
Biography, Fur traders--Northwest,
subject: Canadian--Biography, Northwest,
Canadian--Discovery and exploration, Fur
trade--Northwest, Canadian--History,
Indians of North America--Northwest, C
First Across the Continent
THE OKLAHOMA WESTERN BIOGRAPHIES
RICHARD W. ETULAIN, GENERAL EDITOR
Page iii
First Across the Continent
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
By Barry Gough
University of Oklahoma Press : Norman and London
Page iv
Other Books by Barry Gough
The Royal Navy and the Northwest Coast of North America
(Vancouver, 1971)
To the Pacific and Arctic with Beechey (ed.) (Cambridge, 1973)
Canada (Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1975)
Distant Dominion (Vancouver, 1980)
Gunboat Frontier (Vancouver, 1984)
Journal of Alexander Henry the Younger (ed.) (Toronto, 1988, 1992)
The Falkland Islands/Malvinas (London, 1992)
The Northwest Coast (Vancouver, 1992)
Gough, Barry M.
First across the continent : Sir Alexander Mackenzie / by Barry Gough.
p. cm.(The Oklahoma western biographies ; v. 14.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8061-2944-1 (alk. paper, hardcover)
ISBN 0-8061-3002-4 (alk. paper, paperback)
1. Mackenzie, Alexander, Sir, 1763-1820. 2. ExplorersNorthwest,
CanadianBiography. 3. Fur tradersNorthwest, Canadian
5. Fur tradeNorthwest, CanadianHistory. 6. Indians of North
AmericaNorthwest, CanadianHistory. I. Title. II. Series.
F1060.7.M1783G68 1997
971.2'01'092dc21
[B] 97-294-2
CIP
First Across the Continent: Sir Alexander Mackenzie is Volume 14 in
The Oklahoma Western Biographies.
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and
durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book
Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc.
Copyright © 1997 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman,
Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved.
Manufactured in the U.S.A.
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Page v
For W. Kaye Lamb and John S. Galbraith
Page vii
Contents
List of Illustrations viii
Series Editor's Preface xi
Preface xv
Introduction 3
1. Lords of Lakes and Forests 9
2. A Career in the Wilderness 39
3. The River of the West and the Western Sea 57
4. The Quest: To the Arctic 78
5. The Quest: To the Pacific 105
6. Schemes and Dreams 163
7. The Legacy and the Canadian Frontier 199
Appendix 1. Mackenzie Place-Names 212
Appendix 2. Mackenzie's Advice to Lt. John Franklin, 213
R.N., 1819
Sources 217
Index 225
Page ix
Illustrations
PHOTOGRAPHS
Peter Pond's map of northern Canada, 1787 20-21
Aaron Arrowsmith's map of new discoveries in 22-23
northwestern America, 1795
Arrowsmith's map of North America (new edition, 24-25
1796)
Sketch of Mackenzie's route to the Pacific by Lake, 26
1805
Sir Alexander Mackenzie, from a print by Dye 27
Page of presentation copy of Mackenzie's Voyages from 28
Montreal
Coat of arms of the North West Company 28
Portrait of Joseph Frobisher by an unknown artist 29
Portrait of Alexander Henry the Elder by an unknown 29
artist
Portrait of Simon McTavish by an unknown artist 30
Portrait of William McGillivray by an unknown artist 30
Portrait of Thomas Douglas, earl of Selkirk, attributed 31
to Raeburn
Portrait of Edward "Bear" Ellice by Sir William Ross 31
Prince Edward, duke of Kent, engraving after a portrait 32
by Beechey