Sir Alexander Mackenzie: 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

Buy this book on-line

Sir Alexander Mackenzie : 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

John Morgan, Philadelphia, 1802

recent ¼ calf with marbled boards. Spine with 5 compartments of gilt tooled bands red morocco label on two., An uncut copy, lacks the map otherwise very good., 8vo, P. Frontispiece, half-title, blank, title, blank, dedication, cxxvi, 392, blank., Lacks the folding map.


Mackenzie was born in Stornoway in the Hebrides. In 1774 his family moved to New York, and then to Montreal in 1776 during the American Revolution. In 1779 he obtained a job with the North West Company, on whose behalf he travelled to Lake Athabasca and founded Fort Chipewyan in 1788. He was sent to replace Peter Pond, a partner in the North West Company. From Pond he learned that the First Nations people understood that the local rivers flowed to the northwest. Acting on this information he set out by canoe and discovered the Mackenzie River on July 10, 1789, following it to its mouth in hope of finding the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. Although he ended up discovering the Arctic Ocean, he named the river "Disappointment River" as it did not lead to Cook Inlet in Alaska as he had expected. The river was later renamed in his honour.In 1791 he travelled to England to study the new advances in the measurement of longitude. Upon his return in 1792 he set out once again to find a route to the Pacific, and in 1793 he became the first European to cross both the Continental Divide and the Rocky Mountains. He found the upper reaches of the Fraser River and following its course, reached the Pacific coast of Canada.

0

Sir Alexander Mackenzie : 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 is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books.

Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line.

Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Sir Alexander Mackenzie : 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. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book.

Sir Alexander Mackenzie : 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

G.F. Hopkins, c. 1802

Rebacked skillfully saving the original tree calf boards, with decorative gilt rules. Elaborate tooled gilt design on the spine.

, In very good condition. , 8vo: (122mm x 210mm), P.Map,Title, Dedication, Preface (v-viii), 1-295., Illustrated with a large fold out, black & white map of America.


0

Sir Alexander Mackenzie : 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 is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books.

Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line.

Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Sir Alexander Mackenzie : 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. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book.

Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, livres d'occasion, fine bindings, first editions and libri rari.

Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints.