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Stephen R. Bown

Stephen R. Bown was born in Ottawa and studied history at the University of Alberta. He has long been interested in early travellers and explorers. In the summer of 2001 he hiked for seven days to retrace the famous Scottish botanist David Douglas' route over the feared Athabasca Pass. A former multimedia projects producer and freelance writer, Bown contributes to several magazines, including "Alaska, Mercator's World", "Beautiful British Columbia", and "The Beaver". He is also the author of "Sightseers and Scholars: Scientific Travellers in the Golden Age of Natural History". Bown lives outside Calgary, Alberta, with his wife and son.

Books by Stephen R. Bown

Merchant Kings

When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900

by (author) Stephen R. Bown

Island of the Blue Foxes

Disaster and Triumph on Bering's Great Voyage to Alaska

by (author) Stephen R. Bown

White Eskimo

Knud Rasmussen's Fearless Journey into the Heart of the Arctic

by (author) Stephen R. Bown

Scurvy

How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Miracle of the Age of Sail

by (author) Stephen R. Bown

The Last Viking

The Life of Roald Amundsen

by (author) Stephen R. Bown

Madness, Betrayal and the Lash

The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver

by (author) Stephen R. Bown

1494

How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half

by (author) Stephen R. Bown

Forgotten Highways

Wilderness Journeys Down the Historic Trails of the Canadian Rockies

by (author) Nicky L. Brink & Stephen R. Bown

Cheadle's Journal Of Trip Across Canada

1862-1863

by (author) Walter Cheadle
introduction by Stephen R. Bown

Merchant Kings

When Companies Ruled the World, 1600–1900

by (author) Stephen R. Bown

Forgotten Highways

Wilderness Journeys Down the Historic Trails of the Canadian Rockies

by (author) Nicky L. Brink & Stephen R. Bown

Sightseers & Scholars

Scientific Travellers In The Golden Age Of Natural History

by (author) Stephen R. Bown