Andrew Graham's Observations on Hudson's Bay 1767

London UK: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Evidence of spill top page edges by spine, does not extend to interior, damp staining on spine of dustjacket, some evidence of moisture to back of book. No damage to interior text block. 1" tear top DJ by spine, general wear, to DJ, bottom fore corner of book bumped, light scuff by spine. ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A bright, solid book. Black cloth covered boards with gilt stamped decoration on front and gilt stamped titles on spine. Limited edition statement but unnumbered. This edition was for the subscribers to the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Two fold-out maps at back of book ; Publications of Hudson's Bay Record Society XXVII; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 423+ pages; "His first assignment was to the company's most northerly trading station at Prince of Wales's Fort, now known as Churchill, Manitoba. There he served on three summer expeditions on board the sloop Churchill which traded with the Inuit who inhabited the northern parts of Hudson Bay. In 1753 he gained the position of assistant writer at York Factory in Manitoba, here he impressed the chief factor James Isham and was appointed to positions of higher responsibility. In 1761 he became master at Fort Severn in Ontario where apart from the seasons 1765–66 and 1771–72 when he was acting chief at York, and 1769–70 when he was on leave he remained until 1774. In March 1774 he returned to Prince of Wales's Fort as chief factor and remained there until August 1775 when he retired and returned to Scotland. As a naturalist, his principal contribution was a series of manuscript called “Observations” penned by Graham from 1767 onwards. These may have been a continuation of notes made by Isham in the 1740s. Among the subjects covered are stories of life at the company's posts on Hudson's Bay, trade lists, meteorological and astronomical observations, some transcripts of diaries written by explorers hired by the company explorers, and the first known vocabularies of local First Nations languages. Although, these short vocabularies were obtained second hand from other company men, as Graham never travelled into the interior. Altculture at this time. Most importantly, Graham's writings have lengthy sections on the natural history of the bay region, with the greatest details on the bird. From 1770 he was also able to collect many specimens, mainly birds, and have these sent to London, many of them being described by Johann Reinhold Forster. Graham was assisted at times by fur trader and company surgeon Thomas Hutchins, who also worked on meteorological problems who may have plagiarised much of Graham's work." (Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 20935

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Keywords: Naturalist Andrew graham Hudson's Bay

FISCHER, DAVID HACKETT

Champlain's Dream

Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 030739767X. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. B&W illustrations throughout; Trade PB; 6.12 X 1.84 X 9.2 inches; 834 pages; "With consummate narrative skill and comprehensive scholarship, Fischer unfolds alife shrouded in mystery, a complex, elusive man among many colorful characters. Born on France's Atlantic coast, Samuel de Champlain grew up in a country bitterly divided by religious wars. But, like Henry IV, one of France's greatest kings whose illegitimate son he may have been and who supported his travels from the Spanish Empire in Mexico to the St. Lawrence and the unknown territories, Champlain was religiously tolerant in an age of murderous sectarianism. Soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, and artist, he maneuvered his way through court intrigues in Paris, supported by Henri IV and, later, Louis XIII, though bitterly opposed by the Queen Regent Marie de Medici and the wily Cardinal Richelieu . But his astonishing dedication and stamina triumphed…. Champlain was an excellent navigator. He went to sea as a boy, acquiring the skills that allowed him to make 27 Atlantic crossings between France and Canada, enduring raging storms without losing a ship, and finally bringing with him into the wilderness his young wife, whom he had married in the middle age. In the place he called Quebec, on the beautiful north shore of the St. Lawrence, he founded the first European settlement in Canada, where he dreamed that Europeans and First Nations would cooperate for mutual benefit. There he played a role in starting the growth of three populations — Québécois, Acadian, and Métis — from which millions descend.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21135

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Keywords: 030739767X samuel de champlain France Quebec Acadia Metis Canada History::Canada Biographies & Memoirs Native Studies

FRANCIS, DANIEL

Discovery of the North the Exploration of Canada's Arctic

Edmonton, AB: Hurtig Publishers, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888302800. DJ shows very light shelf wear, the book is as new ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.1 X 5.4 X 0.9 inches; 224 pages; "This is the fascinating story of the golden age of arctic exploration , from Frobisher in the 16th to the controversial century Vilhjalmur Stefansson in the early 20th.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20553

Catalogue: Canadiana::Exploration::Arctic

Keywords: 0888302800 Martin frobisher Exploration stefansson History::Canada EXPLORATION

GOUGH, BARRY

The Elusive Mr. Pond the Soldier, Fur Trader and Explorer Who Opened the Northwest

Madeira Park, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1771620390. Signed by Author; Inscribed on the half title page and signed on the title page. Map endpapers, B&W illustrations and maps. Bright solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 6.5 X 0.75 X 9.25 inches; 272 pages; "Sir Alexander Mackenzie is known to schoolchildren as a great Canadian explorer who gave his name to the country’s longest river, but hardly anyone could name the man who mentored Mackenzie and mapped much of northwestern Canada before him. Soldier, fur trader and explorer Peter Pond, the subject of this long overdue book, is a man whose legend has been forgotten in favor of those who came after him. Much of Pond’s life is shadowed in mystery. Historian Barry Gough uses Pond’s surviving memoirs, explorers’ journals, letters written by acquaintances of Pond, publications in London magazines and many other sources to track and reconstruct the life of one of the last of the tough, old-style explorers who ventured into the wilderness with little more than a strong instinct for survival and helped shape the modern world.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20982

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Keywords: 1771620390 Peter pond alexander mackenzie History::Canada EXPLORATION

HAYES, DEREK

Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest

Delta, BC: Cavendish Books, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1552899004. DJ has short tear top of spine area, light creasing, light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W and colour maps and illustrations throughout, typical of Derek Hayes' publications. ; 6.11 X 1.11 X 11.11 inches; 208 pages; "Here is history from a geographical viewpoint! For the first time, many of the old maps of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest have been gathered together in a single book, creating an atlas of antique maps that tell a continuing story of the expanding frontier of knowledge about the region. The Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest is a unique collection of over 320 original maps of explorers and navigators from four centuries of voyages and overland treks of exploration and discovery to the northwest coast, plus native maps, and a host of others selected for their interest or historical significance.There are imaginary and speculative maps, old political boundary maps, boundary dispute maps, military and spy maps, bird s eye maps, gold rush maps, railway maps and Hudson s Bay Company maps. All are reproductions of hand-drawn or contemporary engraved originals. The maps are combined with context-setting history, explanations of how the maps came to be drawn, and the history behind them.Here are the maps of Spanish, British, Russian, American, French and other explorers who literally put the Pacific Northwest on the map - Francis Drake, Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, James Cook, Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra, Alejandro Malaspina, Dionisio Galiano, George Vancouver, Alexander Mackenzie, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, David Thompson, Charles Wilkes, John Charles Fremont, and many others. In drawing their maps, these explorers and mapmakers helped fill in geographical knowledge of one of the last remaining gaps in the map of the world. A unique and stunning new perspective on the history of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. The Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest contains high quality reproductions of 335 original maps, with over 235 covering the territory which is now British Columbia. Of the 335 old maps, 180 are in colour and 155 in (usually original) black and white; there are 60 other illustrations, including modern colour photographs and black and white historical photographs and engravings; 27 are in colour, 33 in black and white.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20776

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Exploration

Keywords: 1552899004 Cartography Exploratation British Columbia

HUME, STEPHEN

Simon Fraser: In Search of Modern British Columbia

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550174347. Light edgewear and 1" tear back bottom fore edge ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in clear protective cover. Colour and B&W illustrations throughout ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 336 pages; "Journalist and poet Stephen Hume followed in Fraser's footsteps and canoe wake for four years. He studied fading maps and diaries in archives across North America, interviewed the descendants of people who aided Fraser and retraced Fraser's route across British Columbia's vast and varied landscape.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21297

Catalogue: Canadiana::Exploration

Keywords: 1550174347 simon fraser Exploration British Columbia History::Canada EXPLORATION

KLUTSCHAK, HEINRICH & WILLIAM BARR (TRANSLATOR)

Overland to Starvation Cove with the Inuit in Search of Franklin, 1878

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802057624. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W illustrations; 6.5 X 1 X 9.5 inches; 261 pages; "In May 1845 Sir John Franklin sailed westward from England in search of the Northwest Passage and was never seen again. Some thirty-five years later, Heinrich Klutschak of Prague, artist and surveyor on a small expedition led by Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka of the 3rd US Cavalry Regiment, stumbled upon the grisly remains at Starvation Cove of the last survivors among Franklin's men. 'Overland to Starvation Cove' is the first English translation of Klutschak's account. A significant contribution to Canadian exploration history, it is also an important anthropological document, providing some of the earliest reliable descriptions of the Aivilingmiut, the Utkuhikhalingmiut, and the Netsilingmiut. But above all, it is a fascinating story of arctic adventure.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20980

Catalogue: Canadiana::Exploration

Keywords: 0802057624 John Franklin Inuit EXPLORATION NORTH

LAYLAND, MICHAEL

A Perfect Eden Encounters By Early Explorers of Vancouver Island

Victoria, BC: Touchwood Editions, 2017. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 177151177X. Signed by Author; Only slight wear ; Signed by author on the title page. Many B&W and colour illustrations and maps ; 10.2 X 9.4 X 0.9 inches; 256 pages; "In 1842, when explorer James Douglas encountered the rugged natural paradise that would become Vancouver Island, he described it as “a perfect Eden." This book, a compelling history of the earliest explorers to Vancouver Island, gathers the early recorded histories and personal accounts left by Chinese seafarers, Spanish and British naval officers, traders seeking sea otter pelts, colonial surveyors, as well as soldiers, settlers, and other adventurers, starting from many centuries ago up to 1858. Collected here in detail for the first time, these accounts create a multilayered tale of discovery and exploration. A Perfect Eden is the companion volume to the acclaimed The Land of Heart's Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20371

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Exploration

Keywords: 177151177X Vancouver Island Explorers History::Canada EXPLORATION

PETHICK, DEREK

The Nootka Connection; Europe and the Northwest Coast, 1790

Vancouver BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888942796. Light shelf wear, a couple of short tears ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photos and maps; 9.0 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 281 pages; The Nootka Sound on the West Coast of Vancouver Island became a base for the exploration of the West Coast in the 1700's.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20556

Catalogue: Canadiana::Exploration

Keywords: 0888942796 Northwest West Coast Exploration History::Canada

SHERWOOD, JAY

In the Shadow of the Great War the Milligan and Hart Explorations of Northeastern British Columbia, 1913

Victoria, BC: Royal British Columbia Museum, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0772666377. Light wear only, lightly bumped bottom edge. ; A bright, solid book. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 202 pages; "In 1913, the BC government hired G.B. Milligan and E.B. Hart to each lead a small expedition that spent 18 months exploring the northeastern part of British Columbia. These expeditions helped provide the first detailed information of this region. Unfortunately, World War I began just as these men completed their work, and the information they gathered got filed away and forgotten in the shadow of the Great War. Now, on the centennial of these expeditions, historian Jay Sherwood's new book documents the Milligan and Hart expeditions. He reveals what their expeditions accomplished and he shows readers what northern BC was like 100 years ago.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20937

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Keywords: 0772666377 British Columbia George Milligan E.B. Hart Exploration History::Canada EXPLORATION

ZASLOW, MORRIS

The Opening of the Canadian North, 1870

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771090722. Ex-library with usual library stamps, tape remainder marks. Damage to half-title page due to removal of card pocket, a section of lower DJ spine cut out. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. This was originally a presentation copy donated to the library in question, a large sticker on the front free end paper attests to this. ; Ex-Library; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 339 pages; "This pioneer study traces Canada's northward expansion in the years after Confederation. In the forefront of the movement were the fur-traders, missionaries, and gold-seekers. Behind them came provincial and federal governments, concerned for their authority, and anxious to develop the riches of the north.". Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 20219

Catalogue: Canadiana::Exploration

Keywords: 0771090722 Cariboo cowboys Chilcotin Fiction::Canadian