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HEARNE (SAMUEL) A Journey from Prince of Wales' Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. 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, FIRST EDITION, T. Cadell Jun., and W. Davies, 1795 image 1
HEARNE (SAMUEL) A Journey from Prince of Wales' Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. 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, FIRST EDITION, T. Cadell Jun., and W. Davies, 1795 image 2
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HEARNE (SAMUEL)
A Journey from Prince of Wales' Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. 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, FIRST EDITION, T. Cadell Jun., and W. Davies, 1795

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HEARNE (SAMUEL)

A Journey from Prince of Wales' Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. 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, FIRST EDITION, 5 folding engraved maps (one large, hand-coloured in outline), 4 folding engraved plates, contents shaken (a few gatherings loose), untrimmed with wide margins in contemporary blue boards, old ink lettering label on spine, worn, some loss to spine, hinges weakened [Hill 791; Lande 1220; Sabin 31181], 4to (310 x 255mm.), T. Cadell Jun., and W. Davies, 1795

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Samuel Hearne, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company for about fifteen years, records in detail the Indian tribes and the natural history of the regions. Accompanied by his guide, the Chipewyan Matonabbee, "Hearne was the first white man to travel overland to the Arctic Ocean, and he is credited with discovery of the Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie River system" (Hill).

Provenance: Francis Enys, "Enys, near Penryn, Cornwall" (1753-1821), bookplate.

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