Kaplansky, Jonathan
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Presenting six titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. Canada is a vast land with many remote regions to be explored. Among the intrepid explorers who travelled the wilderness and mapped Canada’s geography are: the French founder of Quebec, Samuel de Champlain; surveyor David Thompson; doomed seeker of the Northwest Passage Sir John Franklin; Arctic explorer Vilhjamur Stefansson; legendary Upper Canada governor Sir George Simpson and mountaineer Phyllis Munday. Their stories are detailed in these entertaining and informative biographies. Includes:Samuel de ChamplainVilhjalmur StefanssonDavid ThompsonVilhjamur StefanssonGeorge SimpsonPhyllis Munday
Toronto
Dundurn Press