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New York., Fleming H. Revelll., 1909. 1st ed. 8vo. Tan cloth with black letters and a red and black totem pole design on the cover. Interesting history of the development of Metlakahtla and the culture of the Tsimshean Eskimos. 400pp. inc. ads in rear, 48 photos including a photo of one of the earliest baseball teams, The Metlakahtla Nine + frontispiece + map. Some pages cut unevenly, otherwise a very fine copy.
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THE APOSTLE OF ALASKA, THE STORY OF WILLIAM DUNCAN OF METLAKAHTLA
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Captain Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, in 1819-20. Containing an Account of the Subjects of Natural History bound with The North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle with Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, performed in the years 1821-22-23. Both First editions in 2 volumes.
by Parry, (William Edward)
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JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1819-1820 IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS HECLA AND GRIPPER UNER THE ORDERS OF WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY R.N., F.R.S. AND COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION. London., John Murray., 1821. 4to. First Volume. The original edition with 14 plates and 9 maps hors-texte. Half Title, both works complete with half titles, Vol. I, 310pp. + 179 pages of IX appendix, and 132pp. of the North Georgian Gazette and Winter Chronicle. 14 engraved and/or aquatint maps and plates. Toal number of pages 621. Sabin 58860 and 58864; Holland pp. 185-86; Artic Bibliography 13145; Hill, p. 225; Stanton and Tremaine 1295. The first volume contains the first edition of Parry's first voyage during which he explored the Strait of Lancaster and discovered the island of Melville and the straits of Wellington. Parry solved the problem of locating the entrance to the Northwest Passage and navigating through half of it and returning with new…
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