Alexander Mackenzie's voyage to the Pacific ocean in 1793 /
by Alexander Mackenzie ; Historical introduction and footnotes by Milo Milton Quaife.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Chicago : The Lakeside Press : 1931.
- Summary
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Reproduction of Mackenzie's journals of expeditions from Lake Athabasca to the Arctic Ocean and from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean, first published in 1801. Includes account of development of fur trade by the Northwest Company.
- Note
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Includes index.
"The exploration of 1793 is subtitled Journal of a second voyage, etc. Only this journal (comprising pages 121 to 397 inclusive, of the original edition) is reproduced in our present volume."--Historical introd.
With reproduction of original title page: 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. By Alexander Mackenzie, esq. London, Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, Strand ; Cobbett and Morgan, Pall-Mall ; and W. Creech, at Edinburgh. By R. Noble, Old-Bailey.
- Physical Description
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xl, 384 pages, 1 unnumbered folded plate :
illustration, map ;
18 cm.
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