<영어로 읽는 고전 _ R.M. 발렌타인의 개척자들>
1872년에 출간 된 R.M.발렌타인의 소설
R.M. Ballantyne(1825-1894)은 스코틀랜드의 예술가이자 대부분 어린이 소설의 다작 작가였다. Edinburgh에서 태어난 Ballantyne은 열 자녀 중 아홉 번째였다. 16세에 Ballantyne은 캐나다로 이주하여 Hudson's Bay Company에서 일하면서 모피 무역을 위해 전국을 여행했다. 1847년 아버지가 세상을 떠나 스코틀랜드로 돌아온 그는 평생 동안 100권이 넘는 어린이 모험 책을 쓰면서 본격적으로 문학 활동을 시작했다. 'The Coral Island' 및 'The Young Fur Traders'와 같은 이야기는 큰 인기를 얻었으며 많은 이야기가 캐나다 전역을 여행한 자신의 경험을 바탕으로 했다.
그의 대표작으로는 "The Coral Island"(《산호섬》)과 "The Gorilla Hunters"(《고릴라 사냥꾼》) 등이 있으며, 이들 작품은 당시 영국에서 매우 인기가 있었습니다. 또한, 그는 자연과학에 관심을 가지고 있어 책에도 관련 내용을 많이 썼다.


A novel by R.M. Valentine published in 1872
R.M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish artist and prolific author of mostly children's fiction. Born in Edinburgh, Ballantyne was the ninth of ten children. At the age of 16, Ballantyne moved to Canada, where he worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, where he traveled the country in the fur trade. After his father died in 1847, he returned to Scotland and began his literary career in earnest, writing over 100 children's adventure books during his lifetime. His stories, such as 'The Coral Island' and 'The Young Fur Traders', were hugely popular and many of them were based on his own experiences traveling across Canada.
His representative works include "The Coral Island" and "The Gorilla Hunters", which were very popular in England at the time. In addition, he was interested in natural science and wrote a lot of related contents in books.

요약
Alexander Mackenzie 경은 영국령 아메리카의 광활한 황무지를 횡단한 가장 활기차고 성공적인 발견자 중 한 명이었습니다. 그는 발견이 드물고 나라가 거의 미지의 땅에 있을 때 가느다란 수단과 약간의 격려로 혼자서 일을 했습니다. 최근에 Red River Expedition이 통과한 길고 어려운 경로는 Alexander 경에게 왔지만 그의 먼 여행의 작은 시작이었습니다. 그는 자신의 이름을 딴 큰 강을 극해의 출구까지 추적했으며, 그 위도에서 처음으로 로키산맥을 건너 태평양으로 내려가는데..

Summary
Sir Alexander Mackenzie was one of the most energetic and successful discoverers to traverse the vast wilderness of British America. He did it alone, with slender means and little encouragement, when discoveries were rare and the country was largely unknown. The long and difficult route recently traversed by the Red River Expedition came to Sir Alexander, but it was a small beginning of his long journey. He traced the great river that bears his name to the outlet of the Polar Sea, at which latitude it first crossed the Rocky Mountains and descended into the Pacific Ocean.

CONTENTS

Chapter I. Shows how it began.
Chapter II. Terrible Discoveries and Altered Plans.
Chapter III. Introduces the King of Pioneers.
Chapter IV. Vicissitudes of the Voyage?Indians Met with, etcetera.
Chapter V. Describes a Literal Wild-Goose Chase and Other Matters.
Chapter VI. Indians met with, and the Mouth of the Great River Reached.
Chapter VII. A Voyage of Discovery to the Far West Planned and Begun.
Chapter VIII. Difficulties and Dangers Faced and Overcome.
Chapter IX. Deeper and Deeper into the Unknown Wilderness.
Chapter X. The Last.
Chapter XI. Extract of Letter Referred to on Page 85.