Item #61028 A journey from Prince of Wale's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a northwest passage, &c. In the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. Samuel Hearne.
A journey from Prince of Wale's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a northwest passage, &c. In the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772
A journey from Prince of Wale's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a northwest passage, &c. In the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772
A journey from Prince of Wale's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a northwest passage, &c. In the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772

A journey from Prince of Wale's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a northwest passage, &c. In the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772

London: printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795. First edition, 4to, pp. xliv, 458, [2] ads and directions to binder; large folding engraved map hand-colored in outline, 8 other engraved folding maps and plates; generally a very good, clean, and large copy (300 x 240 mm.) in early 19th-century quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-paneled spine, morocco label; joints neatly restored. A seminal work in the history of exploration of North America. With his capture of the Hudson Bay Company's Fort Albany, the navigator La Perouse discovered the journal of Hearne - which had been left in manuscript - and who, ten years before, had performed his journey to the Arctic Sea, the first overland expedition for the discovery of a northwest passage when the shores of the Arctic Ocean were reached. Hearne thereby became the first Caucasian to view the Arctic Ocean from the North American mainland, having travelled 1300 miles on foot with dogsled in a company of a group of the Ojibewa. A classic of discovery literature. Bell H-94; Graff 1840; Hill, p. 141; Lande 420; Pilling, Athapascan, p. 40; Sabin 31181; Streeter 3652; TPL 445. Item #61028

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