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References

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Archives of the Province of Quebec. 1922-23. Une expédition canadienne à la Louisiane en 1739-1740. Montreal.

Asher, G.M. 1860. Henry Hudson, The Navigator: The Original Documents in Which His Career is Recorded. 1st series. Vol. 28. London: Hakluyt Society.

Barrow, J., (ed.). 1852. The Geography of Hudson's Bay. 1st series. Vol. 11. London: Hakluyt Society.

Biggar, H.P., (ed.). 1922-36. The Works of Samuel de Champlain. 6 vols. Toronto: The Champlain Society.

Biggar, H.P., (ed.). 1911. The Precursors of Jacques Cartier 1497-1534: A Collection of Documents Relating to the Early History of the Dominion of Canada. Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada Publications.

Biggar, H.P., (ed.). 1924. The Voyages of Jacque Cartier. Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada Publications.

Biggar, H.P., (ed.). 1930. A Collection of Documents Relating to Jacques Cartier and the Sieur de Roberval. Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada.

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Burpee, L.J., (ed.). 1927. Journals and Letters of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de La Vérendrye and his sons. Toronto: The Champlain Society.

Cavelier, J. 1938. The Journal of Jean Cavelier: The Account of a Survivor of La Salle's Texas Expedition 1684-1688. Translated and annotated by J. Delanglez . Chicago: Institute of Jesuit History.

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Christy, M., (ed.). 1894. The Voyages of Captain Luke Fox of Hull, and Captain Thomas James of Bristol, In Search of a Northwest Passage, in 1631-32. 1st series. Vols. 88, 89. London: Hakluyt Society.

Collinson, R., (ed.). 1867. The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher in Search of a Passage to Cathaia and India by the Northwest, A.D. 1576-78. 1st series. Vol. 38. London: Hakluyt Society.

Cooke, A. and C. Holland. 1978. The Exploration of Northern Canada, 500 to 1920, A Chronology. Toronto: Arctic History Press.

Coyne, J.H., (ed.). 1903. Exploration of the Great Lakes, 1669-1670. Ontario Historical Society Papers and Records. Vol. 4.

Crouse, N.M. 1924. Contributions of the Canadian Jesuits to the Geographical Knowledge of New France, 1632-1675. Ithaca: Cornell Publications.

Crouse, N.M. 1956. La Vérendrye, Fur Trader and Explorer. Toronto: Ryerson Press.

Cumming, W.P., et al. 1971. The Discovery of North America. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.

Cumming, W.P., et al. 1974. The Exploration of North America, 1630-1776. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.

Delanglez, J. 1938. Some La Salle Journeys. Chicago Institute of Jesuit History.

Delanglez, J. 1939. Tonty Letters. Mid-America. New series. Vol. 10, pp. 209-38.

Delanglez, J. 1943-44. Journal de Louis Jolliet allant à la descouverte de Labrador, 1694. Archives de la Province de Québec Rapport, pp. 147-206.

Delanglez, J. 1944. The Voyages of Tonty in North America. Mid-America. New series. Vol. 15, pp. 255-97.

Delanglez, J. 1948. Life and Voyages of Louis Jolliet. Chicago: Institute of Jesuit History.

Doughty, A.G. and C. Martin. 1929. The Kelsey Papers. Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada and Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.

Eccles, W.J. 1969. The Canadian Frontier, 1534-1760. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Ellis, H. 1748. A Voyage to Hudson's Bay by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747. London: H. Whitridge.

Ganong, W.F. 1964. Crucial Maps in the Early Cartography and Place-Nomenclature of the Atlantic Coast of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

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Web Sites

Federal Government

Canadian Museum of Civilization. History. Inuit and Englishmen: The Nunavut Voyages of Martin Frobisher
A Canadian Museum and Civilization virtual museum Web site that explores Martin Frobisher's exploration of the Arctic.
Canadian Museum of Civilization. Virtual Museum of New France
The Virtual Museum of New France (VMNF) sponsored by the Canadian Museum of Civilization has information of that period of history in which the French explored North America and founded there the colony of New France.
Canadian Museum of Civilization. Virtual Museum of New France. Explorers
Government of Canada. Canada's Digital Collections. Canadian Arctic Profiles. Exploration of the Northwest Passage
This Web site provides information on a variety of topics relating to the Canadian Arctic and includes information on exploration in the Arctic.
Government of Canada. Canada's Digital Collections. Canadian Arctic Profiles. Exploration of the Northwest Passage. John Davis 1585, 1586, 1587
Brief sketch of John Davis' voyages of exploration in the Arctic.
Government of Canada. Canada's Digital Collections. Canadian Arctic Profiles. Exploration of the Northwest Passage. Luke Foxe and Thomas James - 1631, 1632
Brief history of the rivalry between Luke Foxe and Thomas James to find the Northwest Passage.
Government of Canada. Canada's Digital Collections. Canadian Arctic Profiles. Exploration of the Northwest Passage. Thomas Button
Brief sketch of Thomas Buttons' voyage in search of the Northwest Passage.
Government of Canada. Canada's Digital Collections. Canadian Arctic Profiles. Exploration of the Northwest Passage. William Baffin and Robert Bylot, 1615,1616
Brief sketch of voyages of William Baffin and Robert Bylot.
Library and Archives Canada. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
The History Makers: Exploration
A listing of all the available National Film Board presentations on Canada's well-known explorers, including Samuel de Champlain and John Cabot. Many of the films may be available from local libraries or obtained via inter-library loan.

Provincial/Territorial Government

Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web site. Exploration and Settlement
The history of exploration in Newfoundland and the Labrador coast through the centuries.

Other

Canadian Heritage Gallery
The Canadian Heritage Gallery is a very extensive collection of historical Canadiana on the Internet.
Claude Allouez
Brief biography of Claude Allouez from the online Catholic Encyclopaedia. (New Advent Web site)
Claude Dablon
Brief biography of Claude Dablon from the online Catholic Encyclopaedia. (New Advent Web site)
Discovers Web Page
This site has hundreds of related exploration links, including many links to Canadian explorers. (Web site author: Andre Engels)
François Dollier
Brief biography of François Dollier from the online Catholic Encyclopaedia. (New Advent Web site)
Gabriel Druillettes
Brief biography of Gabriel Druillettes from the online Catholic Encyclopaedia. (New Advent Web site)
General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin. Texas State Historical Association. The Handbook of Texas Online. Mallet Expeditions
Information on the Mallet brothers expeditions into the area called the Louisiana Purchase.
Giovanni Da Verrazzano
An online slide show of Giovanni Da Verrazzano's voyage of exploration along the coast of America. (Personal Web page of Bob McCaughey, Columbia Unviersity)
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Memorial University of Newfoundland. John Cabot
General information on the life of John Cabot and his 1497 voyage of exploration.
Great Canadian Explorers
Information on several great Canadian explorers, including John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, Henry Kelsey, James Knight and La Vérendrye. (Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick)
Guillaume Couture (available in French only)
Brief biography of Guillaume Couture, from Luc Trépanier, The Great Families.
Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
This site is still under development but promises to be an excellent site for historical maps of Canada. All maps shown on the site have been adapted from the printed version of three-volume Historical Atlas of Canada.
Jacques Buteux
Brief biography of Jacques Buteux from the online Catholic Encyclopaedia. (New Advent Web site)
Michel Accault
Information on Michel Accault from the Electric Library. (Encyclopedia.com)
René Ménard
Brief biography of René Ménard from the online Catholic Encyclopaedia. (New Advent Web site)
Simon le Moyne
Brief biography of Simon le Moyne from the online Catholic Encyclopaedia. (New Advent Web site)
The Adventurers: Henry Kelsey
Information on Henry Kelsey provided by the Hudson’s Bay Company on the early Adventurers.
The Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM)
The Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM) was established in 1978 to locate early printed Canadian materials (books, annuals, and periodicals), to preserve their content on microfilm, and make the resulting Early Canadian Research Collection available to libraries and archives in Canada and abroad.
The Hudson's Bay Company Archives
The HBCA offers a wealth of information on the human and natural history of western and northern Canada and the western USA. Whether you are an historian, genealogist, ethnologist, environmental scientist or land claims researcher, the HBCA may be able to help.
The Portuguese Explorers
Memorial University of Newfoundland & Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Thomas Godefroy de Normanville
[Godefroy Geneaological Web site]
University of Tromsø. (Norway) The Northern Lights Route. Jens Munk - Scandinavia's First Great Polar Explorer
Information on Jens Munk's quest to find a passage to the Far East
 
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