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Edité par London. Great Britain. Colonial Office. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. 1859 1859
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Vendeur : J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC)
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Soft cover. folio. 33cm, 163p. plus 4 folding lithographed maps with outline colour, original printed blue wraps, fine condition, the rare first London issue, printed with Arrowsmith maps. (cgc) T.P.L. 3908. Sabin 38673. c.f. Peel (3) 350, for Toronto edition. Wagner-Camp 331. "The maps engraved by Arrowsmith are different from…the 1859 Toronto edition of this work". The report includes reports by George Gladman (in charge of the expedition), S.J. Dawson, surveyor; H.Y. Hind, geologist and naturalists & W.E. Naper, engineer. (Peel). Contains the reports of S.J. Dawson and H.Y. Hind on the Canadian Exploration Expedition of 1857-1858. The four maps are - (1) - Plan Showing the Proposed Route from Lake Superior to Red River Settlement, compiled from maps of Messrs Dawson and Napier. With: Profile of Canoe Route as hand in by Professor Hind. - (2) - Map of Part of the Valley of Red River North of 49th Parallel. - (3) - Copy of a Sketch showing the Region Explored by S.H.J. Dawson and his party between Red River and the Great Saskatchewan, 1858. - (4) - Copy of Thompson's Map showing the different tracks of The Saskatchewan and Assiniboine Exploring Expedition, in charge of H.Y Hind, 1858.
