Identifier: journeyfromprinc00hearuoft (find matches)
Title: A journey from Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson Bay to the northern ocean, in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, and 1772. --
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Hearne, Samuel, 1745-1792 Tyrrell, Joseph Burr, 1858-1957 Champlain Society
Subjects: Hearne, Samuel, 1745-1792 Natural history Indians of North America
Publisher: Toronto : Champlain Society
Contributing Library: Toronto Public Library: Research and Reference Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ch I was favoured by Samuel Wegg, Esq., F.R.S., andGovernor of that Company, who also politely furnished me with Mr.Hearnes Journals and the map of his route to the Coppermine River,which is faithfully inserted in the chart. (Sgd.) Henry Roberts. Shoreham, Sussex, May 18, 1784. ^ Another brief account of Hearnes trip is given inPennants Arctic Zoology, also published in 1784, whilehis map is incorporated in one of the maps published in ^ Mr. Beckles Willson, in his book The Great Company, says, on I knownot what authority, that it was ^200. 2 Cooks Third Voyage, vol. i. Introduction, p. Ixxxi. London, 1784. Forpurposes of comparison, the portion of this map which refers to Hearne isrepublished at the end of the present volume. It is stated by Beckles Willsonin The Great Company that short accounts of his journey had been publishedin 1773 3-iid again in 1778-80, but though diligent search has been made forthese accounts in the British Museum and elsewhere, no trace of them can befound.
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