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 / by Alexander Mackenzie, Esq.
Alternate Title(s):
Half-title: Voyages from Montreal through the continent of North America, &c. &c
Published / Created:
London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, Strand : Corbett and Morgan, Pall-Mall : and W. Creech, at Edinburgh, MDCCCI [1801]
Physical Description:
[4], viii, [2], cxxxii, 412, [2] pages, [4] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : portrait, maps ; 28 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts F1060.7 .M33 1801+ Oversize Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With a frontispiece portrait of Alexander Mackenzie by Pierre Condé; after Sir Thomas Lawrence.Printed by R. Noble, Old-Bailey.Compiled by William Combe from Mackenzie's notes. See: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 43414Includes vocabularies of the Knisteneaux, Algonquin, Chepewyan, Nagailer and Atnah languages.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary brown mottled calf; gilt on spine. Armorial bookplate: Lady Frances Bentinck. Presentation inscription: "The Reverend Mr. John Bentinck, from the author."BEIN Zc90 +810ma copy 2 : Another copy. 30 cm. Original boards, uncut.
Contents:
Plates: Portrait of Alexander Mackenzie -- Map of American, between latitudes 40 and 70, North, and longtitudes 45-180 West -- Map of Mackenzie's Track, from Fort Chipewyan to the North Sea in 1789 -- Map of Mackenzie's Track from Forth Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean in 1795.
Subject Terms:
Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764–1820 -- Travel -- Northwest, Canada. | Northwest, Canadian -- Description and travel. | Discoveries in geography. | Northwest Passage -- Description and travel. | Indians of North America -- Canada. | Fur trade -- Canada. | Indians of North America -- Languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. | Bentinck, Frances, Lady -- Bookplate. | Corbett and Morgan -- Publiser. | Noble, R. -- Printer. | Bentinck, John -- Presentation inscription from Alexander Mackenzie. | Mackenzie, Alexander -- Presentation inscription to John Bentinck.