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406: Index to Captain Palliser's reports Showing the date of each journey, the route, and the page in which it is described in the copies of the reports laid before Parliament on the 19th May 1863 . 1865.
Palliser, John (1817-1887.)
1817-1887. Born in Ireland and largely educated there; went on hunting expedition in western USA, 1847, described in his Solitary rambles and adventures of a hunter in the prairies, first published 1853; in command of the British government expedition sent out with instructions to explore British North America between parallels 49º and 50º N, and 100º and 115º W, 1857-1860; died at his home in Ireland (Dictionary of National Biography;Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography).