Voyages from Montreal, on The River St. Laurence,

Through the Continent of North America,

To the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793.

With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and

Present State of the Fur Trade of that Country. Illustrated with Maps.

by Alexander Mackenzie

First edition of a classic of polar exploration

with foldout maps and frontispiece

London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1801. [iv], viii, cxxxii, 412, [2, errata] pp., complete with half title, engraved frontis portrait and all three engraved folding maps (one of which is hand-colored). Later calf lettered and ruled in gilt with black label over marbled paper boards. First edition. Very Good+ with typical transfer from maps to facing pages and within folded maps, closed tears in all three maps (each isolated to a single panel) along with a little foxing and staining. Toned contents. Scattered ink corrections to text, checkmarks on errata sheet at rear. Marbled paper rubbed and chipped along edges. The famous Scottish explorer's account of two Canadian expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage.