SIMPSON, George

Narrative of a Journey Round the World, During the Years 1841 and 1842

Item #25403

SIMPSON, George. Narrative of a Journey Round the World, During the Years 1841 and 1842.... London: Henry Colburn, 1847. 1st ed. Two vols. Illus. with portrait and folding map. ix, 438; vii, 469pp. A very good set in 19th century 3/4 morocco . Howes S-495. Wagner-Camp 140:1. Hill, p. 274. An important Candaian overland narrative. Simpson was governor-in-chief of the Hudson's Bay Company's North American territories from 1821 to 1856. The first volume concerns his journey across Canada to the Red River Settlement, Edmonton, Vancouver, up to Sitka, down the coast to San Francisco, Monterey and Santa Barbara, and across to Hawaii. The second volume concerns his journey to the Hawaiian Islands, and across Siberia and Russia to St. Petersburg.

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