Item #M5008 A Map of America between Latitudes 40 and 70 North, and Longitudes 45 and 180 West.+. Mackenzie.

A Map of America between Latitudes 40 and 70 North, and Longitudes 45 and 180 West.+

London: Mackenzie, c. 1801. Notes: This map is from the book "Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America".

The map shows "the route Mackenzie took from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific. 'East Branch' is the Smoky River, near Fort Fork. The 'Tacoutche T'[esse] is marked; this is the Fraser River, flowing south. Mackenzie thought this river was the Columbia, not the Fraser. The 'Cascade Canal', shown at the western extremity of Mackenzie's route, was named by George Vancouver the same year that Mackenzie reached the coast. In fact, the two missed each other by only fifty days." (Hayes)

Mackenzie was born in Stornoway in the Hebrides. In 1774 his family moved to New York, and then to Montreal in 1776 during the American Revolution. In 1779 he obtained a job with the North West Company, on whose behalf he travelled to Lake Athabasca and founded Fort Chipewyan in 1788. He was 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 and discovered the Mackenzie River on July 10, 1789, following it to its mouth in hope of finding the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. Although he ended up discovering the Arctic Ocean, 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 in his honour.In 1791 he travelled to England to study the new advances in the measurement of longitude. Upon his return in 1792 he set out once again to find a route to the Pacific, and in 1793 he became the first European to cross both the Continental Divide and the Rocky Mountains. He found the upper reaches of the Fraser River and following its course, reached the Pacific coast of Canada., Size : 445x785 (mm), 17.5x30.875 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline Coloring, Reference: Hayes 145, Category: Maps Canada; Maps Canada West;. Very Good, lower right margins extended. Item #M5008

Notes: This map is from the book "Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America".

The map shows "the route Mackenzie took from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific. 'East Branch' is the Smoky River, near Fort Fork. The 'Tacoutche T'[esse] is marked; this is the Fraser River, flowing south. Mackenzie thought this river was the Columbia, not the Fraser. The 'Cascade Canal', shown at the western extremity of Mackenzie's route, was named by George Vancouver the same year that Mackenzie reached the coast. In fact, the two missed each other by only fifty days." (Hayes)

Mackenzie was born in Stornoway in the Hebrides. In 1774 his family moved to New York, and then to Montreal in 1776 during the American Revolution. In 1779 he obtained a job with the North West Company, on whose behalf he travelled to Lake Athabasca and founded Fort Chipewyan in 1788. He was 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 and discovered the Mackenzie River on July 10, 1789, following it to its mouth in hope of finding the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. Although he ended up discovering the Arctic Ocean, 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 in his honour.In 1791 he travelled to England to study the new advances in the measurement of longitude. Upon his return in 1792 he set out once again to find a route to the Pacific, and in 1793 he became the first European to cross both the Continental Divide and the Rocky Mountains. He found the upper reaches of the Fraser River and following its course, reached the Pacific coast of Canada., Size : 445x785 (mm), 17.5x30.875 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline Coloring, Reference: Hayes 145, Category: Maps Canada; Maps Canada West;.

Price: $2,500.00

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