Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the years 1789 and 1793. With a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade
by Mackenzie, Alexander
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London: printed for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies [et al.], 1801. First edition, 4to, pp. [4], viii, cxxxii, 412, [2] errata; engraved frontispiece portrait, 3 large folding engraved maps (1 hand-colored in outline and with short splits at the folds); the spine slightly scuffed, else a near fine copy in 20th-century blue morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2, t.e.g., the others uncut. "First crossing of the continent from ocean to ocean by a white man. The narrative portion was prepared for publication by William Combe from Mackenzie's notes. The account of the fur trade - the first ever published - is attributed to Roderick Mackenzie" (Howes). Mackenzie's route led him from Montreal along the north shore of Lake Superior to the present site of Grand Portage, Minnesota, thence along Minnesota's northern border to Rainey Lake and Lake of the Woods, before heading north into Canada. Graff 2630; Howes M-133; Lande 1317; Pilling, Algonquin, 2384; Sabin 43414; Streeter Sale 3653; TPL 658; Wagner-Camp 1.1.
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- Title
- Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the years 1789 and 1793. With a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade
- Author
- Mackenzie, Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- printed for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies [et al.]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1801
- Keywords
- Travel , Overlands , Fur Trade ,
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