Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America from the earliest period to the present time with descriptive sketches of the natural history of the North American regions

• Main Author: Tytler, Patrick Fraser, 1791-1849
• Other Authors: Wilson, James, 1795-1856
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oliver & Boyd 1832
• Subjects: Biddle; Richard; 1796-1847. Memoir of Sebastian Cabot; Hakluyt; 1552?-1616; Natural history > Canada; Northwest; Canadian > Discovery and exploration; New France > Discovery and exploration; Arctic regions; America > Discovery and exploration; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/100855

Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America Discovery of North America; early voyages of the Portuguese, French, and Spaniards. First discovery of North America by John Cabot -- Voyages of Sebastian Cabot -- Of the Cortereals -- Discovery of Labrador -- French discoveries -- Voyages of Verazzano -- Of Jacques Cartier -- Discovery of Canada -- Spanish voyages of discovery -- Cortes -- Ulloa -- Alarchon -- Viscaino -- Russian and English voyages. Behring -- Tchirikow -- Cook and Clerke -- Meares -- Vancouver -- Kotzebue -- Hearne and Sir Alexander Mackenzie. Colonisation of Canada -- French fur trade -- Rise of Hudson's Bay Company -- Hearne's three journeys -- North-west Fur Company -- First journey of Sir Alexande Mackenzie in 1789 -- His second expedition in 1792 -- Discoveries along the shores of the Arctic ocean. First and second expeditions of Franklin -- Voyage of Captain Beechey -- Introductory observations to the natural history. Amelioration in the character of European intercourse with uncivilized nations -- The absence of sandy deserts, a grand feature in the physical attributes of America -- General boundaries of the districts afterwards treated of in detail -- Early sources of information regarding the natural history of North America -- General view of the fur countries -- Passages across the Rocky Mountains -- Plains and valleys along the Pacific shore -- The quadrupeds of the northern regions of America. Inaccuracies of some historical writers -- No monkeys in North America -- Bats -- Shrew-mice -- Genus scalops, or shrew-mole -- Other moles of America -- The star-nose -- Various bears -- Different digitated quadrupeds -- The Canada otter -- The sea-otter -- The dogs and wolves of America -- The foxes -- The beaver -- The musk-rat -- Meadow mice and lemmings -- The Rocky Mountain neotoma -- The American field-mouse -- The marmots -- The squirrel tribe -- The Canada porcupine -- The American hare -- The polar hare -- The prairie hare -- The little chief ...