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. Illustrated with maps. By Alexander Mackenzie, Esq.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1763-1820)
Category
Books
Date
1801
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3087036
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],viii,cxxxii,412,[2]p, plates : port., maps (fold.) ; 4to. Provenance: inscribed "Ashton Mosley 1858 bequest of his relation Capt Richardson" [i.e. Ashton Nicholas Every Mosley (1792-1875), grandfather of Col. Godfrey Mosley (1863-1945) who married Hilda Harpur Crewe in 1918]. Inscribed at head of title: "½ bound carefully for Genl. James". Binding: nineteenth-century half calf, with marbled paper boards (much worn); gilt lettered red spine label: Mackenzie's Voyages. (Repairs to joints, etc.)
Makers and roles
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1763-1820), author