A Journey From Prince Of Wales's Fort In Hudson's Bay To the Northern Ocean

Samuel Hearne was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean xliv+458 pages with two (of four) engraved plates after drawings by the author (both folding) and four (of five) folding engraved maps. Quarto (11 3/4" x 9 3/4") bound in full leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine. (HillI, page… Read more about this item

Edmonton: M.G.Hurtig Ltd., [1971]. Facsimile Reprint. 4to. pp. lvi, 458. 4 folding plates & 5 folding maps. cloth. dw. (short tear to upper edge of dw. else very good). elala5871

London: A. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1795. First Edition. hardcover. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. Complete with five folding maps; 4 folding plates. xliv, 458, [2]pp. 4to, contemporary calf; (spine worn, inner hinges strengthened, light foxing to… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1968. Facsimile copy of the 1795 edition. 458 pages in very good condition; edges slightly yellowed. Includes 8 fold-out plates and a large fold-out map. Endpapers clean. White boards with gilt titles on blue background. Corners lightly bumped. Slight bump on the fore-edge of the upper cover. VG+. Hard Cover. VG+.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.