{"product_id":"mapmaker-barbara-mitchell-9780889775039","title":"Mapmaker: Philip Turnor in Rupert's Land in the Age of Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs 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 foot between 1778 and 1792 to produce ten maps, culminating in his magnum opus, a map that was the foundation of all northern geographic knowledge at that time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Mitchell's biography brings to life the man who taught David Thompson and Peter Fidler how to survey. In her search for Turnor's story, Mitchell discovers her own Cree-Orkney ancestry and that of thousands of others who are descendents of Turnor and his Cree wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889775036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889775039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Regina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2017 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/11\/2017","brand":"Barbara Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980687442175,"sku":"9780889775039","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_819dfff8-49c8-4b23-a73e-8198f8872414.jpg?v=1683251319","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mapmaker-barbara-mitchell-9780889775039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}