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1845 Thomson Guide Book and Map of Lake Champlain and Lake George
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Title
Guide to Lake George, Lake Champlain, Montreal and Quebec, with Maps, and tables of routes and distances from Albany, Burlington, Montreal, etc.
1845 (dated) x in (0 x 0 cm)
1845 (dated) x in (0 x 0 cm)
Description
A rare 1845 guidebook to Lake Champlain and Lake George by Zadock Thomson. Published locally in Burlington, Vermont, the book features some 44 pages, with several maps and directions. The largest map, which folds into the front of the book, covers from Albany to Montreal.
Publication History and Census
This book was written by Z. Thomson and printed in Burlington by Chauncey Goodrich, 1845.Cartographer
Zadock Thompson (May 23, 1796 - January 19, 1856) was a Vermont naturalist, professor and Episcopal Priest. He was born in Bridgewater Vermont, and studied at the University of Vermont, graduating 1823 and remaining as a professor until 1833. He then relocated to Quebec, where he taught until returning to Vermont in 1837. While in Quebec, he was ordained as an Episcopal Deacon. He was the Vermont Assistant State Geologist from 1845 to 1848, and State Naturalist from 1853 to his death in 1856. He also returned to teaching at the University of Vermont, from 1851 to 1856. Thompson published numerous books on Vermont's history, the most notable being the History of the State of Vermont (1833) and History of the State of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical (1842). Throughout his life, Zadock was an ardent environmentalist, often lamenting in his written works the disappearance of Vermont wildlife, including the catamount and wild salmon. More by this mapmaker...
Condition
Good. Foxing. Paper toning. Edge Wear. Original plain stiff boards. 48 pp.