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Title
Discovering first peoples and first contacts (29323)
Physical Illustrated; 64 pages
Produced 2000
Distributor Oxford University (1078)
Audience Intermediate, Junior High (IJ)
Collection Professional Library
Series Discovery series (0788)
Synopsis Takes the young reader on an exciting journey that follows early European explorers and Aboriginal people as they criss-cross the country searching for furs, trade routes, and adventure.
Author Francis, Daniel.
Dimensions 31 cm.
ISBN# 0195414888
Pub. Loc. Don Mills
Contents In the beginning -First peoples of Canada -People of the Coast -People of the Buffalo -People of the Woodlands -The East Coast Mi'kmaq -Sailors of the North sea -The lure of America -Voyages of Jacques Cartier -The birth of New France -Ships and travel -Contact and cooperation -The fur trade -Missionaries -Exploring the Interior -Reaching the Rockies -Canoes -Life of the voyageurs -Life at the trading post -Women and the fur trade -Who are the Métis? -Crossing the Barrens -People of the far North -The Northwest passage -Exploring the Pacific coast -First across the Rockies -Today's explorers -Aboriginal peoples today.
Stmt Resp Daniel Francis.
Subjects Canada—Discovery and exploration; First Nations—History; Métis—History
Call# FN 971.004 FRA
Holdings
Book 1 copy
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