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© Public Domain A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean: Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern West Side of North America…; James Cook and James King. London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol, and T. Cadell, 1784. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Vancouver, George. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean […] in Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed […] and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 […]. London: G.G. and J. Robinson, and J. Edwards, 1798. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Ross, Sir John. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. London: A.W. Webster, 1835. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833; Sir John Ross. London : A.W. Webster, 1835. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833; Sir John Ross. London: A.W. Webster, 1835. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Credit: Library and Archives Canada/C-001352 A Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827; John Franklin. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator" Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854; Robert McClure. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1857. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula, the Country of the Montagnais and Nasquapee Indians; Henry Youle Hind. London: Longman, Green, Roberts, Longman, & Green, 1863. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Amundsen, Roald. Roald Amundsen's "The North West Passage" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjøa", 1903-1907. London: Archibald Constable, 1908. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Roald Amundsen's The North West Passage: Being a Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the ship Gjöa, 1903-1907; Roald Amundsen. New York: Dutton, 1908. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Air Pioneering in the Arctic: The Two Polar Flights of Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth; Roald Amundsen. New York: National Americana Society, 1929, plate no. 27. OCLC 61595723 Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Thévet, André. Les Singularitez de la France antarctique, autrement nommée Amerique, & de plusieurs terres & isles decouvertes de nostre temps. Paris: Héritiers de Maurice de la Porte, 1558. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Thwaites, Reuben Gold, ed. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610-1791. Vol. 59. Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, [1900]. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Knight, James. The Founding of Churchill: Being the Journal of Captain James Knight, Governor-in-Chief in Hudson Bay, From the 14th of July to the 13th of September, 1717. Introduction and annotations by James F. Kenney. Toronto: J. M. Dent, 1932. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© The Champlain Society Reproduced with the permission of The Champlain Society. La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes. Journals and Letters of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de La Vérendreye and his Sons, With Correspondence Between the Governors of Canada and the French Court, Touching the Search for the Western Sea. Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1927. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Dablon, Claude. Relation de ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable aux missions des pères de la Compagnie de Jésus en la Nouvelle France, les années 1673 à 1679. Quebec: Cramoisy, 1860. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Fraser, Simon. Journal of a Voyage From the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean Performed in the Year 1808. Toronto: Metropolitan Toronto City Library, [1967]. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© The Champlain Society Reproduced with the permission of The Champlain Society Tyrrell, J. B., ed. A Brief Narrative of the Journeys of David Thompson in North-Western America. Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co., 1888. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Cook, James. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere to Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; Its Distance From Asia; And the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. London: W.A. Strahan, 1784. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Vancouver, George. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean [...…] in Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed [...…] and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 [...…]. London: G.G. and J. Robinson, and J. Edwards, 1798. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Lisiansky, Urey. A Voyage Round the World in the Years, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, Performed by Order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, Emperor of Russia, in the Ship Neva. London: Printed for John Booth, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, by S. Hamilton, Weybridge, Surrey, 1814. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Parry, W.E. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole. Vol. 1. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Franklin, Sir John. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826 and 1827. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Franklin, Sir John. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 […]. London: J. Murray, 1823. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain McClure, Robert. The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator," Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854. 2nd ed. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1857. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Hind, Henry Youle. Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857, and of the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858. Vol. 1. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1860. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Palliser, John. Exploration - British North America: Further Papers Relative to the Exploration by the Expedition Under Captain Palliser of That Portion of British North America Which Lies Between the Northern Branch of the River Saskatchewan and the Frontier of the United States and Between the Red River and the Rocky Mountains and Thence to the Pacific Ocean. London: Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1860. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Bernier, J.E. Master Mariner and Arctic Explorer: A Narrative of Sixty Years at Sea From the Logs and Yarns of Captain J. E. Bernier. Ottawa: Printed by Le Droit, 1939. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Lind, James. Traité du scorbut: divisé en trois parties: contenant des recherches sur la nature, les causes & la curation de cette maladie[…]. Paris: Ganeau, 1756. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain [Top] Vancouver, George. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean […] in Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed […] and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 […]. London: G.G. and J. Robinson, and J. Edwards, 1798. [Middle] Champlain, Samuel de. Les Voyages de sieur de Champlain, Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy en la marine, depuis l'année 1608 jusques en 1612. Paris: Jean Berjon, 1613. [Bottom] Ross, Sir James Clark. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1835. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Castorologia, Or, The History and Traditions of the Canadian Beaver: An Exhaustive Monograph…; Horace T. Martin. Montreal; London: W. Drysdale; E. Stanford, 1892. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Ross, John, Sir. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. London: A.W. Webster, 1835. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Roald Amundsen's The North West Passage: Being a Record of a Voayage of Exploration of the ship Gjöa, 1903-1907; Roald Amundsen. New York: Dutton, 1908. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Champlain, Samuel de. Les Voyages de sieur de Champlain, Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy en la marine, depuis l'année 1608 jusques en 1612. Paris: Jean Berjon, 1613. Source: Library and Archives Canada, OCLC 1056962381
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© Public Domain Barrow, John, Sir. A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions: Undertaken Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-East, North-West, or Polar Passage Between the Atlantic and Pacific […]. London: J. Murray, 1818. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Crown / Department of the Interior Canada Atlas of Canada. Revised and enlarged edition, prepared under the direction of J.E. Chalifour, Chief Geographer. [Ottawa]: Department of the Interior Canada, 1915. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Davis, John. The Voyages and Works of John Davis, the navigator. London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1880. Source: Library and Archives Canada
© Public Domain Champlain, Samuel de. Les Voyages de la Nouvelle France occidentale, dicte Canada: faite par le Sr. De Champlain, Xainctongeois, pour le Roy en la Marine du Ponant. Paris: Louis Sevestre, 1632. Source: Library and Archives Canada
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© Public Domain Hennepin, Louis. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending Above Four Thousand Miles Between New France & New Mexico: With a Description of the Great Lakes […]. London: H. Bonwicke, 1699. Source: Library and Archives Canada