Mapmaker : Philip Turnor in Rupert's Land in the Age of Enlightenment —Mitchell, Barbara, 1944- author.

"As the first inland surveyor for the Hudson's Bay Company, Philip Turnor stands tall among the explorers and mapmakers of Canada. Accompanied by Cree guides and his Cree wife, Turnor travelled 15,000 miles by canoe and ...

Epic wanderer : David Thompson and the mapping of the Canadian West —Jenish, D'Arcy, 1952-

Mapping the wilderness : the story of David Thompson —Shardlow, Tom, 1958-

A biography of the Canadian explorer, fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer, David Thompson.

The railway pathfinders —Berton, Pierre, 1920-2004.

The writings of David Thompson Volume 1, Travels, 1850 version —Thompson, David, 1770-1857.

Arc of the Medicine Line : mapping the world's longest undefended border across the western plains —Rees, Tony, 1948-

Peter Fidler : Canada's forgotten explorer, 1769-1822 —MacGregor, James G., 1905-

The northern horizons of Guy Blanchet : intrepid surveyor, 1884-1966 —Hoyle, Gwyneth.

David Thompson the great mapmaker

During his lifetime he mapped a million and a half square miles of uncharted country; the greatest achievement in land geography of all time. This film re-creates Thompson's story, culminating in his journey to the Pacif...

Sandford Fleming : railway builder —Webb, Michael, 1949-