To Hearne's own narration of his journey from Prince of Wales' Fort to the mouth of the Coppermine river the editor who personally explored the route has added valuable footnotes--including his own of a geographical and ethnological nature and others bearing on natural history contributed by Mr. E.A. Preble of the Biological Survey, Washington.
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To Hearne's own narration of his journey from Prince of Wales' Fort to the mouth of the Coppermine river the editor who personally explored the route has added valuable footnotes--including his own of a geographical and ethnological nature and others bearing on natural history contributed by Mr. E.A. Preble of the Biological Survey, Washington.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 458pp, quarto, fold-out maps, hc w/jacket in mylar, tight binding, clan throughout, clean red cloth boards with slight uplift to the right edge of front cover, bright spine titles, jacket is mildly toned on back with a touch of corner wear.
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pp. 458. 4to. White binding, contains multiple foldout maps and plates. Lightest shelfwear. Transparent glassine dustjacket with some tears to edges; near fine in very good dustjacket. Originally published in London, 1795.
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4to. 26cm, facsimile reprint, lvi, 458p. with 5 folding maps (frontis coloured in outline) & 4 folding plates, red cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket. (Ar). One of the classic journals of North American travel, particularly notable in terms of arctic exploration, Hearne will always be remembered as the first white man to see the Arctic Ocean.
Add this copy of A Journey From Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to cart. $450.00, very good condition, Sold by Archer's Used & Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kent, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1911 by Champlain Society.
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Very Good Condition. #507/520 copies Spine sunned. Previous owner's name blacked over. Top edge gilt in good condition. Uncommon. all 7 fold-out maps present in rear and in fine shape. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Canada; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 20661.
Add this copy of A Journey From Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to cart. $548.77, very good condition, Sold by J. Patrick McGahern Books, Inc rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ottawa, ON, CANADA, published by Toronto. The Champlain Society. No. 6. 1911.
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Near Fine. 24cm, xv, 437p. with 9 maps & plates from the original edition and 26 additional maps & plates, (including 7 rear folding maps), limited to 550 copies, this being #286, original gilt crested red cloth, t.e.g., sp; ine lightly faded, a fine copy. (cgc) One of the classic journals of North American travel, particularly notable in terms of Arctic exploration. Hearne will always be remembered as the first white man to see the Arctic Ocean. ". His first attempts, made in 1769 and 1770, failed but he reached the river on his journey of 1771-72, becoming the first man to reach the Arctic Ocean overland. He also acquired the technique of survival by learning to live off the Barren Lands. In 1774 he founded Cumberland House on Pine Island, the first inland post to be established by the company. He became governor of Fort Prince of Wales in 1775. He retired in 1787 and spent the rest of his life working on the manuscript of the present title. This classic of the literature of exploration is the story of Hearne's three journeys to which he added accounts of the appearance and habits of animals including the musk ox, previously known only by report. Another valuable addition was the chapter dealing with the Chippewayan Indians.
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Near Fine. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Original red buckram cloth hard covers, with top edges gilt, and gilt titles and crest to spines. One of 520 copies, this being No. 283. Spine moderately toned; slight soiling and mottled toning to covers. Edges of text-block mildly toned. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy. Internally bright, with all plates, plans and maps present as listed. Folding maps at rear all neat and very fine.
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Add this copy of A Journey From Prince of Wale's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to cart. $1,254.00, Sold by Bison Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from winnipeg, MB, CANADA, published 1795 by A. Strahan and T. Cadell.
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three maps, three plates. pp. v-xliv, 458. 4to. Bound in early 3/4 leather over black pebbled buckram. The binding shows wear and scuffing, front joint splitting, contents intermittently foxed or soiled (ex. tide mark to pp. 56 to 94; Coppermine River map shows edge-staining). Overall, in strong condition and decent shape but, due to the absence of at least one plate and possibly two maps, plus the missing four pages, we offer it with all faults, and priced accordingly. First printed three years after Hearne's death in 1792, this account is taken from his manuscript and edited by John Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury. It contains a day-to-day record, with notes on natural history, of four expeditions (1769, 1770, 1771) northwest by land from Hudson's Bay. On the last trip, undertaken in 1771-1772, Hearne reached the Arctic Ocean at the mouth of the Coppermine River, becoming the first white man to travel overland from the Bay to the Arctic Ocean, and the first of his race to 'gaze upon the dreary expanse of the Arctic or Frozen Ocean from the northern shores of the Continent of America' (Sabin 31181). See also Streeter 3652, TPL 445, Waterston 19. The copies referenced in these bibliographies differ in their collation: the copy seen by Sabin has four maps and eight plates; TPL four plates and three maps; and Streeter four plates and five maps. Our copy has but three plates (all folding) and three folding maps (Coppermine River, Moos River, Slude River). It also lacks the first four pages (pp. i to iv) which includes the title page.
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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 some plates, mostly in margins). London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795. First edition. "A day-to-day record, with notes on natural history, of three trips northwest by land from Hudson Bay. On the last trip, 1771-1772, Hearne reached the Arctic at the mouth of the Coppermine River, the first man to travel overland from the Bay to the Arctic." Staton and Tremaine 445. Streeter Sale VI, 3652. Sabin 31181.
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London. Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell. 1795
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4to. 27.4cm, The First Edition, xliv, 458, 2p., (ads & binder directions), large front folding engraved map (partly hand-coloured), and 4 additional folding engraved maps and plans, 4 folding engraved plates, some expert restorations to the center fold of the large folding map, text paper stock with slight green tint as issued, in the contemporary full tree calf boards, in contemporary antique restoration style spine, full panel borders and center gilt decorations and center device decorations, decorated panel borders, crushed crimson morocco label, gilt titles, text with marbled edges, decorated borders on the boards by fine binder, Courtland Benson. A fine clean copy, among the best of the copies we have had. (cgc). T.P.L. 445. Lande 1220. Sabin 31181. Morgan p180. Streeter VI-3652. Hill p141. Story p351-52. Smith 26. Peel (3rd) 41. One of the classic journals of North American travel, particularly notable in terms of Arctic exploration. Hearne will always be remembered as the first white man to see the Arctic Ocean. "...-Hearne was in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada for twelve years. He recorded with copious notes the lives of the Indians and the natural history of the regions seen on his three trips. The exploratory expeditions took him by land from Hudson's Bay to the mouth of the Coppermine River at the Arctic Ocean. This work was published from his journals three years after his death, and describes as well the discovery of Great Slave Lake and the impossibility of finding the Northwest Passage through Hudson's Bay. On July 17, 1771, Hearne reached the Arctic Ocean, the first European to do so by way of the interior, and claimed the area for the Hudson's Bay Company. He left on his first journey of discovery in November 1769, but returned only a few days later when his Indigenous guide abandoned him in February of 1770. He left again in the company of two Hudson's Bay Cree guides but soon became disoriented and decided to turn back. Their return journey was difficult and full of hardship, en-route all of their equipment, supplies and trade goods were stolen, and Hearne's octant was broken. They reached Hudson's Bay by the end of November, 1770. Twelve days later Hearne set out again, but this time with Chipewyan Chief Matonabbee, who enjoyed great respect within his tribe and among the Cree of the Athabasca. Matonabbee had already been to the Coppermine River, and had established a communication network between the coastal trading posts and the interior. In July 1771, they arrived together at the Coppermine River, a shallow stream interspersed with falls and rapids. At what Hearne would call "Bloody Falls, " he witnessed the massacre of Inuit by Matonabbee's men, an event that would haunt him for the rest of his fife. Matonabbee then led Hearne some 45 kilometers south to the elusive copper deposits where Hearne found a piece of coppe weighing two kilograms. He returned to Prince of Wales' Fort on June 30, 1772 after having reached further into the subarctic than any European explorer before him. [Smith 26; Peel 3: 41].
