David Thompsons 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 Hudsons 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.
| ISBN: | 9780929141855 |
| Publication date: | 16th November 2006 |
| Author: | Tom Shardlow |
| Publisher: | Napoleon and Co. an imprint of Dundurn Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 72 pages |
| Series: | Stories of Canada |