By Star and Compass

Wallace, W. Stewart.  By Star and Compass.  Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1953. Rev. Ed.  167 p.  Illus.

Note:  original 1922 edition not illustrated by CWJ

p.  ii  -  “David Thompson taking an observation”

p. 4  -  “Viking warrior and vessel” with “Detail of Chain Mail”

p. 16  -  “John Cabot sighting the New Found Land, 1497”

p. 23  -  “Cartier meets the Indians of the St. Lawrence, 1535”

p. 30  -  “Eastern Canada and the Atlantic Coast as seen by Cartier & Champlain indicated by thick lines”

p. 39  -  “Champlain taking an observation with the astrolabe on the Ottawa, 1613”

p. 50  -  “Radisson meets the Indians in a winter camp”

p. 58  -  “La Salle on the Toronto Carrying-Place, August, 1681, on his way to the Mississippi”

p. 72  -  “The Brothers La Verendrye in sight of  the western mountains, New Year’s Day, 1743”

p. 107  -  “Henry Kelsey saw Indians hunting buffalo on the western plains”

p. 131  -  “Samuel Hearne on his journey to the Coppermine, 1770”

p. 142  -  “Mackenzie at the Arctic, 1789”

p. 150  -  “David Thompson taking an observation”          

p.158  -  “Franklin on the Arctic Ocean, 1821.  Based on drawing by Lieut Back, R.N.” “Jattannaeuk (Augustus) Eskimo interpreter with Franklin, Back & Richardson”