(ARCTIC) Hearne Samuel A Journey from Prince of Waless Fort

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(ARCTIC.) Hearne, Samuel. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. 5 folding maps, 4 folding plates, plus inserted frontispiece portrait from the European Magazine. [52], 459, [1] pages. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, minor wear; with half-title; Edinger bookplate. Dublin, 1796

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Second edition. Hearne was the first to travel overland from Hudson Bay to the Arctic coast, reaching the mouth of the Coppermine River in 1771. Sabin 31182.