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x, [2], 663, [1] pp. plus sixteen plates on India paper and folding map. (4to) 26.7x20.3 cm (10½x8¼”), three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with matching endpapers and stained edges, gilt A large paper copy of this major source both in the early exploration of the Far North and in ethnology. "...Full of details of his commerce with the Cree, Chippewa, and Coppermine Indians...a fundamental source of information about Indian life along the route of the Arctic expedition" - Streeter. This private expedition was undertaken to search for the second Ross expedition. Back and his party went from Montreal to Great Slave Lake, then overland to the Arctic Ocean. The narrative also contains valuable information on Arctic flora and fauna. A basic Arctic exploration.