Voyage of the Paper Canoe

Voyage of the Paper Canoe

Voyage of the Paper Canoe - A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf...
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Author: Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes),1837-1902
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Voyage of the Paper Canoe

Voyage of the Paper Canoe

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Voyage of the Paper Canoe

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Author: Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes),1837-1902
Format: eBook
Language: English

Voyage of the Paper Canoe - A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5.

The author left Quebec, Dominion of Canada, July 4, 1874, with a single assistant, in a wooden canoe eighteen feet in length, bound for the Gulf of Mexico. It was his intention to follow the natural and artificial connecting watercourses of the continent in the most direct line southward to the gulf coast of Florida, making portages as seldom as possible, to show how few were the interruptions to a continuous water-way for vessels of light draught, from the chilly, foggy, and rocky regions of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the north, to the semi-tropical waters of the great Southern Sea, the waves of which beat upon the sandy shores of the southernmost United States. Having proceeded about four hundred miles upon his voyage, the author reached Troy, on the Hudson River, New York state, where for several years E. Waters & Sons had been perfecting the construction of paper boats. The advantages in using a boat of only fifty-eight pounds weight, the strength and durability of which had been well and satisfactorily tested, could not[vi] be questioned, and the author dismissed his assistant, and "paddled his own canoe" about two thousand miles to the end of the journey. Though frequently lost in the labyrinth of creeks and marshes which skirt the southern coast of his country, the author's difficulties were greatly lessened by the use of the valuable and elaborate charts of the United States Coast Survey Bureau, to the faithful executers of which he desires to give unqualified and grateful praise. To an unknown wanderer among the creeks, rivers, and sounds of the coast, the courteous treatment of the Southern people was most gratifying. The author can only add to this expression an extract from his reply to the address of the Mayor of St. Mary's, Georgia, which city honored him with an ovation and presentation of flags after the completion of his voyage: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 32333
Author: Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes)
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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