Ocean to Ocean; Sandford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada in 1872
by Grant, George M. (Biography of Sandford Fleming.)
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- Hardcover
- first
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Edmonton: M.G. Hurtig [1967], 1st Hurtig printing of the enlarged and revised edition. (Hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 396pp. Blue cloth with painted white spine panel. Illustrated endpapers, folding panorama map mounted at the back. Fleming's expedition traversed the entire width of Canada, and resulted in significant surveys which largely determined the route of the building of Canada's first transcontinental railway. Fleming was also responsible for the concept of standard time around the globe. Biography of Sandford Fleming. Book about Sandford Fleming. (Western Canada, Exploration--Western Canada, Voyages and Travels--Western Canada).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130813
- Title
- Ocean to Ocean; Sandford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada in 1872
- Author
- Grant, George M. (Biography of Sandford Fleming.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- M.G. Hurtig
- Place of Publication
- Edmonton
- Keywords
- Western Canada, Exploration--Western Canada, Voyages and Travels--Western Canada, Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- CANADIAN HISTORY;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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