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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”


David Thompson Taking an Observation

Thompson is using an artificial horizon. This is a flat iron pan into which mercury was poured. The pan is covered by a sloping glass roof, and placed on perfectly level and firm ground or rock in a situation to reflect the image of the sun.

Viking Warrior and Vessel

Cabot and the New Found Land, 1497

Many men had dreamed of a way to the Orient by a western voyage. Among them was another native of Genoa, Giovanni Cabotto, or John Cabot,* as later he came to be called.

Cartier Meets the Indians of the St. Lawrence, 1535

Eastern Canada and the Atlantic Coast

The map is intended to show those parts of the country that were actually seen by Cartier and Champlain. Other portions were probably visited by unknown sailors from France who left neither maps nor records of their voyages in quest of fish and furs...

Champlain Taking an Observation with the Astrolabe

In 1613 Champlain made a journey up the Ottawa River, at that time unknown to the white man. Like all early explorers, Champlain hoped that it led to the sea - that sea which stretched to the Far East of Asia.

Radisson Meets the Indians

Also called: Arrival of Radisson in an Indian Camp 1660

Brothers La Verendrye in Sight of the Western Mountains

On New Year's Day, 1743, the snowclad tops of distant mountains came in sight to the west. For eight days the war party journeyed toward the mountains.

Henry Kelsey Sees the Buffalo

Henry Kelsey, a young man in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, was sent, in 1690, to establish trade relations with the Indians of the plains.

Mackenzie at the Arctic, 1789

It is an interesting coincidence that on the same day that Mackenzie saw the Arctic Sea from an island at the mouth of the Mackenzie River, July 14, 1789, the people of Paris attacked and captured the Bastille.