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The North-West Passage By Land: Being The Narrative Of An Expedition From The Atlantic To The Pacific, Undertaken With The View Of Exploring A Route A

The North-West Passage By Land: Being The Narrative Of An Expedition From The Atlantic To The Pacific, Undertaken With The View Of Exploring A Route A

Milton, Viscount

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Australia & OceaniaEastern EuropeGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354508324
ISBN13: 9789354508325
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 488
Weight: 1.56
Height: 1.09 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A North-West Passage by land: bold, cold, and fiercely practical. In this Victorian travel narrative, Viscount Milton records an Atlantic-to-Pacific attempt to trace a British Columbia overland route through British territory, testing whether a continent could be crossed by one of the northern gateways. Maps were not enough then. Part exploration expedition journal and part on-the-ground reporting, this is a complete expedition narrative shaped by weather, distance, supply, and the hard logic of travel. Readers drawn to rocky mountain pass exploration and the lived texture of 19th century Canada will find a steady, observant voice as the journey presses toward the Canadian Rocky Mountains and the Pacific edge. It also stands as a Canadian history reference, capturing how routes, risk, and ambition intertwined during an era when northwest passage history and arctic exploration narratives still gripped the public imagination. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Add it to a classic travel writing collection for its immediacy and authority, or read it simply for the human drive behind Canada Atlantic to Pacific travel: the conviction that a line could be found across the map, and then walked into reality.

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