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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 of that country. Illustrated with maps Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820
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"Binder's title: Travels in North America. Two pages of errata bound in at end of text. The introductory history of the fur trade has been attributed by J.B. Tyrrell to Roderick McKenzie. Alexander Mackenzie's two exploratory expeditions from Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, the first from June to September, 1789, down the Mackenzie River to the Arctic, the second to the Pacific via the Peace and Fraser Rivers, from October, 1792 to August, 1793, were compiled from Mackenzie's notes by William Combe, ref. D.N.B. Contents: pp[iii]-viii. Preface.- pp[i]-cxxxii. [McKenzie, R.]
A general history of the fur trade from Canada to the northwest [including detailed accounts of the Knisteneaux, Algonquin and
Chepewyan [!] tongues] - PP.1-119.
Journal of a voyage, &c.- pp
[121]-397. Journal of a second voyage, &c. -PP.397-412. [Short
geographical view of the country] -PP[413-414] Errata."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 182-183.
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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 of that country. Illustrated with maps
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| Alternate Title |
Travels in North America
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| Publisher |
London : T. Cadell, Jun., and W. Davies, Corbett and Morgan, W. Creech, R. Noble, Old-Bailey
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| Date Issued |
1801
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| Description |
"Binder's title: Travels in North America. Two pages of errata bound in at end of text. The introductory history of the fur trade has been attributed by J.B. Tyrrell to Roderick McKenzie. Alexander Mackenzie's two exploratory expeditions from Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, the first from June to September, 1789, down the Mackenzie River to the Arctic, the second to the Pacific via the Peace and Fraser Rivers, from October, 1792 to August, 1793, were compiled from Mackenzie's notes by William Combe, ref. D.N.B. Contents: pp[iii]-viii. Preface.- pp[i]-cxxxii. [McKenzie, R.]
A general history of the fur trade from Canada to the northwest [including detailed accounts of the Knisteneaux, Algonquin and Chepewyan [!] tongues] - PP.1-119. Journal of a voyage, &c.- pp [121]-397. Journal of a second voyage, &c. -PP.397-412. [Short geographical view of the country] -PP[413-414] Errata."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 182-183. |
| Extent |
cxxxii, viii, 412 pages : maps (folded), table ; 28 cm
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application/pdf
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| Language |
English ; Cree ; Algonquin ; Chipewyan
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| Notes |
Includes errata.
Page ix misnumbered as page xi. Page numbers 212-213 missing in print. Page numbers 217-218 duplicated in print. Alternative title from Binder's Title, as described in Strathern & Edwards (1970). Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47100849 |
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FC3212.1 .M33 1801; II-0343
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Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3212.1 .M33 1801
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| Date Available |
2016-02-09
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.
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| Catalogue Record | |
| DOI |
10.14288/1.0224053
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