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
New York: Printed and Sold by G. F. Hopkins, 1802. First American edition. Leather bound. 296pp. Octavo [22 cm] In a later 3/4 leather binding, with brown cloth over boards. New endsheets and flyleaves. The boards are a bit warped. Repair to title and dedication pages. With map present at the front. Wright-Howes M 133. Very good. Item #55719
"First crossing of the continent from ocean to ocean by a white man. The narrative portion was prepared for publication by William Combe from Makenzie's notes." - Wright-Howes, p. 362.
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