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HEARNE, SAMUEL. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean.Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. 4 folding engraved plates; 5 folding engraved maps. [4], 459, [1] pages. 8vo, early 19th-century calf, rebacked retaining original morocco lettering piece; light dampwrinkling in upper portion of contents, plate facing page 98 separated at fold and reinforced on verso with cellotape, early inscription on title ("John Franklin the Gift of Mr Guillemand"). Dublin: P. Byrne & J. Rice, 1796
Second edition of a work first published the year before in London. Hearne was the first European to reach the Arctic Ocean via the Canadian north. Books on Ice 1.5 ("among the classics of polar survival"); Hill 791; Lande 1220; Streeter Sale 3652 (all citing the original edition).
