The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America; And Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, in the Years 1820-1823
The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America; And Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, in the Years 1820-1823
Title: The Substance of a Journal during a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America; and frequent Excursions among the North-West American Indians, in the years 1820-1823.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its ...
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Title: The Substance of a Journal during a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America; and frequent Excursions among the North-West American Indians, in the years 1820-1823.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection refers to the European settlements in North America through independence, with emphasis on the history of the thirteen colonies of Britain. Attention is paid to the histories of Jamestown and the early colonial interactions with Native Americans. The contextual framework of this collection highlights 16th century English, Scottish, French, Spanish, and Dutch expansion. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library West, John Rector; 1827. 8 . 10470.d.20.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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17836472293
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Illustrated by Donald Jarvis. Very Good. B0006C18BW. Limited edition: this copy is number 80 of 500 copies. SIGNED by the printers, illustrator, and binder: Wil Hudson, Nick Schwabe, Donald Jarvis and Hans Strohhacker. A bit faded along the spine, else very good in a very good (light bumping and dust soiling) slipcase.
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London. Printed for L.B. Seeley and Son. 1824
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16851155517
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8vo, 22.2cm, The First Edition, xi, [1], 210, [1]p., (errata), complete with half title, with 3 steel engraved plates, in original quarter sheep backed grey paper over boards, gilt titles along the spine, uncut, small stain on the bottom front corner of the frontis otherwise a fine copy of a rare book, certainly in this condition. (wst) T.P.L. 1307. Lande 1510. Peel (3), 156. Sabin 102738. Field 1634. Wagner-Camp 27: 1. Streeter 3696. Matthews 1232. Morgan p388. Story p705. One of the earliest accounts of the Red River settlement by the first Protestant missionary appointed to that country. He come to western Canada by way of Hudson's Bay, York Factory and Lake Winnipeg, arriving at the Red River Settlement in 1820. The work offers a good picture of life at the settlement and vicinity during the years 1820-1823. During his term of service he visited each year many of the company's stations and in 1823 went overland from Fort York as far north as Fort Churchill. The final chapters deal with the Eskimos of Churchill and with arctic exploration. His journal offers a good picture of the life and travel in the Canadaian West for this period.
