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David Thompson's story is one of the great tales of North American adventure. His life was a mixture of truth and legend, but he was without a doubt one of the greatest surveyors and mapmakers of the North American continent. Raised in a charity school in London, England, and apprenticed to the Hudson's Bay Company as a teenager, he then travelled extensively, recording valuable navigational information. His life was one of adventure and hardship but also of incredible accomplishment.

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Book category Books in English Children's, Teenage & educational Children's / Teenage: general non-fiction History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage)

• Full title: Mapping the Wilderness
• Subtitle: The Story of David Thompson
• Author: Tom Shardlow
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 72
• EAN: 9780929141855
• ISBN: 9780929141855
• ID: 06449985
• Publisher: Napoleon Publishing
• Weight: 383 g
• Dimensions: 241 × 210 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. October 2006

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