VOYAGES FROM MONTREAL on the River St. Lawrence 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 a Map.

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London: T. Cadell et al., 1801. 4to. 1st edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait; (without half-title) + 1pp (title leaf) + viii (Preface) + cxxxii (A General History of the Fur Trade) + 412pp + 2pp (errata). 3 large folding engraved maps, one with hand-coloured in outline. Period style half calf, with marbled sides. Raised bands, spine tooling, leather contrasting label. Very minor toning of frontispiece and title pages, usually found quite toned. Overall all a very nice copy indeed. The First Crossing of the Continent by a White Man. This is the classic account of Mackenzie's journeys seeking a passage from the Athabasca country to the Pacific Ocean. His first expedition from Fort Chipewyan in 1789 took him not to the Pacific as he had hoped, but down what would become the Mackenzie River. In his second attempt, he ascended the Peace River by canoe and on foot, and crossed over into the headwaters of the Fraser River and reached the Pacific Ocean at Bella Coola. This journey marked the first crossing of the continent by a Caucasian man. [Smith 42; Streeter 3653]. N° de ref. del artículo 009367

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