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Travel Literature: Canada
Cabot Trail, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Cabot Trail, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
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I. Manuscript and Archival
II. Books and Published Materials
Pre-19th Century
  • The Norse Discovery of America, Paul H. Chapman, 1981
19th Century
  • Voyages from Montreal, on the river St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans: in the Years 1789 and 1793, Alexander Mackenzie, 1803
  • Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America, John Lambert, 1814
  • Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828, Basil Hall, 1830
  • Impressions of America during the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835, Tyrone Power, 1836
  • Travels in North America, Charles Lyell, 1845
  • Seven Years of My Life, Robert Marsh, 1848
  • Appleton’s New and Complete United States Guide Book for Travelers: Embracing the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western States, Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, etc., Wellington Williams, 1852
  • Appletons’ Illustrated Handbook of American Travel: a Full Guide to the United States and the British Provinces, 1857
  • North America, Anthony Trollope, 1862
20th Century
  • The Call of Our Land, C.H. Schutt, 19—
III. Materials Covering Multiple Categories
  • Historic Textbook Collections, 19th century and 20th century
  • Nineteenth-Century Travels, Explorations nd Empires: Writings from the Era of Imperial Consolidation, 1835-1910, Vol. 2 North America , Edited Susan Schoenbauer, 2003
  • Literature of travel and exploration: an Encyclopedia, Jennifer Speake, editor, bibliographies and historiographies
  • The Norton book of travel, editor Paul Fussell, 1987 travel writing of notable authors
  • Return passages: great American travel writing, 1780-1910 Larzer Ziff
  • The Mind of the Traveler : From Gilgamesh to global tourism, Eric J. Leed
  • Women Writing Home, 1700-1920 Klaus Stierstorfer, 2006, 6 volume collection of women's letters from across the former British Empire includes Africa, India, USA, Canada and others
  • Women Adventurers, 1750-1900: A Biographical Dictionary Mary F. McVicker, 2008
  • The Working Christian/The Baptist Courier 1869 to present
  • Baptists Missions in Western Canada, 1873-1948, Mrs. J. R. McDonald, 1948
IV. Reference and Other Materials in the Main Library
  • An historical atlas of Canada, edited with introduction, notes and chronological tables, Lawrence Burpee, 1927
  • Illustrated dictionary of place names, United States and Canada, Kelsie B. Harder, 1976
  • Canada gazetteer atlas [Montreal?], Macmillan of Canada, 1980
  • Canadian reference sources: an annotated bibliography: general reference works, history, humanities, Mary E. Bond, 1996
  • Historical dictionary of Canada, Barry M. Gough, 1999
  • Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing, editor, Kelly Boyd, 1999, Reference Collection
  • Encyclopedia of Exploration, 4 volumes, 4th volume 1850-1940, editor John Raymond Howgego, 2003-2008, Reference Collection
  • Cities ranked & rated: more than 400 metropolitan areas evaluated in the U.S. and Canada, Bert Sperling, 2004
  • Great Women Travel Writers: from 1750 to the present, editor Alba moia and Bettina L. Knapp, 2005, General Collection
  • The mapping of North America : a list of printed maps Philip D. Burden, Reference Collection
V. Online Resources at Furman
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