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Peter Pond
Peter Pond 1740–1807, American fur trader and explorer of the Old Northwest, b. Milford, Conn. He served in the French and Indian War and in 1765 became a western trader from Detroit. He later removed to Mackinac and made journeys (1773–75) to the upper Mississippi River country and to Wisconsin. He then went by way of Lake Superior N to the Saskatchewan River. In 1778 he went to the Athabaska district with stock pooled from several traders and established the first post in the region on the Athabaska River. Accused of the murder of a rival trader in 1782, Pond was acquitted when tried. He was included in the organization (1783–84) of the North West Company, but in 1788 withdrew in anger. Pond is best known for his maps of the country covered in his voyages, which he presented to Congress. The accusations that Pond was guilty of violence, dishonesty, and lawlessness appear at least partly unjust. His narratives appear in Five Fur Traders of the Northwest (ed. by C. M. Gates, 1933). |
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"Peter Pond." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Peter Pond." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Pond-Pet.html "Peter Pond." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Pond-Pet.html |
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Levi, Peter (Chad Tigar)
Levi, Peter (Chad Tigar) (1931–2000), poet, translator, classical scholar, travel writer, and archaeologist, became professor of poetry at Oxford, 1984. He was a Jesuit priest from 1964 to 1977, when he resigned the priesthood. His first volume of poetry, The Gravel Ponds (1960), was followed by several others, including a Collected Poems 1955–1975 (1976); his poems mingle imagery and themes from classical antiquity, British history and prehistory, Christianity, and domestic life.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Levi, Peter (Chad Tigar)." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Levi, Peter (Chad Tigar)." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-LeviPeterChadTigar.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Levi, Peter (Chad Tigar)." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-LeviPeterChadTigar.html |
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Peter Pond
Peter Pond, Saskatchewan/Canada A lake named after the first white man to visit and map it in 1774–6.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Peter Pond." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Peter Pond." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-PeterPond.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Peter Pond." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-PeterPond.html |
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