Author

BACK, George.

Title

Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition
to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835.

Published, Date

Murray, London,1836.

Description

First edition, 8vo., x, [ii], 663, [i]pp., 12 pages ads at end dated May 1836, folding map, 16 engraved plates (lightly foxed), original brown cloth gilt, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a very good copy.

Note

Scarce in original cloth. A major source for both the early exploration of the far north and ethnology. The book contains full details of his commerce with the Cree, Chippewa, and Coppermine Indians and is a fundamental source of information about Indian life along the route of the expedition. This private expedition was undertaken to search for the second Ross expedition. Back and his party went from Montreal to Great Slave Lake, then overland to the Arctic Ocean. The narrative also contains valuable information concerning Arctic flora and fauna.

References

Wagner-Camp 58b; Field 64; Hill 42; Lande 935; Arctic Bib. 851; Sabin 2613; TPL 1873.

Stock Number

86114