Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, To 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 by Mackenzie, Alexander. 1764-1820 - 1801

London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. And W. Davies, 1801. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. Bound in brown buckram with title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Yellow and green marbled endpapers. Inner free endpapers strengthened with archival tape. cxxxii [A General History of the Fur Trade], viii [Preface], 412 p.p. plus errata. Frontispiece portrait of Alexander Mackenzie. Half-title page with pasted vignette. Illustrated with three folding maps [1 FACSIMILE]. Third map not attached, laid-in. An account of Alexander Mackenzie's [1764-1820] journey from Montreal to Fort Chipewyn to the North Sea in 1789, and then to the West Pacific in 1793, which was noted for being remarkable in its accuracy. In an address, Roderick Murchison noted that while "Mackenzie, who, traversing the Rocky Mountains and reaching the sea after incredible labour, left us an excellent record of his exploits." [Sabin, 4314. Vol. 11]. General wear to edges and spine ends. Boards somewhat scuffed. Bruising and corners. Light foxing and staining to leaves. Some pencil markings highlighting passages. Roughly cut edges and trimmed pages. Two closed tears repaired with paper to margin of p. 61, text unaffected. Light staining and offsetting to maps. Old newspaper clipping has been pasted to rear fly-leaf. Otherwise a very good copy.