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Canada Discovery and exploration Cromwell, Samuel -1842 Dogs Canada Biography Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell 1803-1848 Overland journeys to the Pacific Sir Mackenzie, Alexander 1763-1820 Journeys Canada Small, Elijah -1842 Somers (Brig : 1842-1846) Spencer, Philip 1824-1842 United States. Navy. Court-martial (Mackenzie : 1843)Snow, Richard
Summary: "On December 16, 1842, the US brig-of-war Somers dropped anchor in Brooklyn Harbor at the end of a cruise intended to teach a group of adolescents the rudiments of naval life. But this seemingly harmless exercise ended in catastrophe. Commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie came ashore saying he had narrowly prevented a mutiny that would have left him and his officers dead. Some of the thwarted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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Summary: Recounts the adventures of Our Dog, the dog who accompanied Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie on his journey across Canada to the Pacific Ocean and thus became the first dog to cross the North American continent by land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 1993