Voyages D'Alex.Dre Mackenzie, Dans L'Interieur De L'Amerique Septentrionale, Faits en 1789, 1792 et 1793….
Paris: Dentu. 1802. Edition: First French Edition., Binding: contemporary quarter green morocco over red marbled paper boards, title in gilt on flat spine, spine with decorative gilt ruling and embossed devices, red and green speckled edges.
, Notes: The first trip goes from Montreal to Fort Chipiouyan and the Glacial Sea, the second from Fort Chipiouyan to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
On behalf of the North West Company, Mackenzie traveled to Lake Athabasca where, in 1788, he was one of the founders of Fort Chipewyan. He had been sent to replace Peter Pond, a partner in the North West Company. From Pond, he learned that the First Nations people understood that the local rivers flowed to the northwest. Acting on this information, he set out by canoe on the river known to the local Dene First Nations people as the Dehcho, following it in the hope of finding a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. As he ended up reaching the Arctic Ocean on 14 July, it is conjectured that he named the river "Disappointment River" as it did not lead to Cook Inlet in Alaska as he had expected. The river was later renamed the Mackenzie River in his honor. In 1791, Mackenzie returned to Great Britain to study the new advance in the measurement of longitude. Upon his return to Canada in 1792, he set out once again to find a route to the Pacific. Mackenzie left Fort Fork on 9 May 1793, following the route of the Peace River. He crossed the Great Divide and found the upper reaches of the Fraser River, but was warned by the local natives that the Fraser Canyon to the south was unnavigable and populated by belligerent tribes. He was instead directed to follow a grease trail by ascending the West Road River, crossing over the Coast Mountains and descending the Bella Coola River to the sea. He followed this advice and reached the Pacific coast on 20 July 1793, at Bella Coola, British Columbia, on North Bentinck Arm, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. Having done this, he had completed the first recorded transcontinental crossing of North America north of Mexico, 12 years before Lewis and Clark.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1764 – 1820) was a Scottish explorer known for accomplishing the first east to west crossing of America north of Mexico in 1793, which preceded the more famous Lewis and Clark Expedition by 12 years. The Mackenzie River is named after him, the longest river system in Canada and the second longest in North America.
, Size: 8vo, , Illustration: Complete with three large folding maps, the maps are clean and crisp, a very good set. , Volume: 3 volumes. , Category: Book Canada; Book Voyages General;. Complete with three large folding maps, the maps are clean and crisp, a very good set. Item #B6244
Edition: First French Edition., Binding: contemporary quarter green morocco over red marbled paper boards, title in gilt on flat spine, spine with decorative gilt ruling and embossed devices, red and green speckled edges.
, Notes: The first trip goes from Montreal to Fort Chipiouyan and the Glacial Sea, the second from Fort Chipiouyan to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
On behalf of the North West Company, Mackenzie traveled to Lake Athabasca where, in 1788, he was one of the founders of Fort Chipewyan. He had been sent to replace Peter Pond, a partner in the North West Company. From Pond, he learned that the First Nations people understood that the local rivers flowed to the northwest. Acting on this information, he set out by canoe on the river known to the local Dene First Nations people as the Dehcho, following it in the hope of finding a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. As he ended up reaching the Arctic Ocean on 14 July, it is conjectured that he named the river "Disappointment River" as it did not lead to Cook Inlet in Alaska as he had expected. The river was later renamed the Mackenzie River in his honor. In 1791, Mackenzie returned to Great Britain to study the new advance in the measurement of longitude. Upon his return to Canada in 1792, he set out once again to find a route to the Pacific. Mackenzie left Fort Fork on 9 May 1793, following the route of the Peace River. He crossed the Great Divide and found the upper reaches of the Fraser River, but was warned by the local natives that the Fraser Canyon to the south was unnavigable and populated by belligerent tribes. He was instead directed to follow a grease trail by ascending the West Road River, crossing over the Coast Mountains and descending the Bella Coola River to the sea. He followed this advice and reached the Pacific coast on 20 July 1793, at Bella Coola, British Columbia, on North Bentinck Arm, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. Having done this, he had completed the first recorded transcontinental crossing of North America north of Mexico, 12 years before Lewis and Clark.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1764 – 1820) was a Scottish explorer known for accomplishing the first east to west crossing of America north of Mexico in 1793, which preceded the more famous Lewis and Clark Expedition by 12 years. The Mackenzie River is named after him, the longest river system in Canada and the second longest in North America.
, Size: 8vo, , Illustration: Complete with three large folding maps, the maps are clean and crisp, a very good set. , Volume: 3 volumes. , Category: Book Canada; Book Voyages General;.
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