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Harmon's Voyages in the Interior of North America 1820
Harmon's Voyages in the Interior of North America 1820
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Author: Harmon, Daniel Williams
Title: Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interiour of North America, Between the 47th and 58th Degrees of North Latitude, Extending from Montreal Nearly to the Pacific Ocean...
Place Published: Andover
Publisher:Flagg and Gould
Date Published: 1820
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432 pp. Portrait frontispiece; engraved folding map. (8vo) period full calf, red leather label on spine, errata pasted inside rear cover. Housed in a custom chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. First Edition.



Harmon entered the service of the North West Company in April of 1800. He traveled to Lake Winnipeg, then to Assiniboine, where he stayed for seven years. He later went to Fort Williams, Athabasca, and New Caledonia. Includes an extensive vocabulary of the Cree language. The map shows the northern part of the United States and Canada to the Pacific Ocean. Howes H-205; Sabin 30404; Wagner- Camp 17; Streeter 3692; Field 656.

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Lightly rubbed, some foxing, map with repairs on rear; very good in a fine case.
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