Narrative of The Discoveries on The North Coast of America; Effected by the Officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during the years 1836-39.
London. Richard Bentley. 1843. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 22.4cm, (tall copy), The First Edition, xix,419p., with 3 maps on 2 folding sheets in rear pocket, appendix, in the original blind decorated brown cloth, gilt spine titles, early rebaching, the front free fly is heavily toned (particularly the under side) and brittle, text less toned than usual, some wear on the board edges, still a very good to fine sound copy of the rare first edition, difficult to find with both maps. (cgc) ~ T.P.L. 2315. Streeter 3709. Hill p274. AB 16124. Field 1411. Wagner-Camp 101. Streeter 3709. Simpson and Peter Dease led an overland expedition sent by the Hudson's Bay Company to explore the coast of the Arctic Ocean from the Mackenzie River. Eastward they reached Point Barrow in 1837, thus filling the gaps between Beechey's and Franklin's discoveries; westward they almost reached the mouth of the Back River, and crossed over to Victoria and King William Islands mapping their south shores in 1839. Dease Lake was named after Peter Warren. Near Fine. Item #39047
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