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Stowe MS 793
- Record Id:
- 040-001953634
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x000149
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 793
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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"JOURNAL of a Voyage performed by order of the N.W. Company, in a bark canoe, in search of a passage by water through the N.W. Continent of America from Athabasca to the Pacific Ocean, in summer 1789"; [by Sir Alexander Mackenzie]. A pencilled entry on the first fly-leaf states that this is the original journal in Mackenzie's hand, and O'Conor says further (Bibliotheca MS. Stowensis, 1818-19, ii. p. 247) that it was presented by the author to George [Grenville, 1st] Marquis of Buckingham. Printed, in a slightly expanded form, by Mackenzie in his Voyages from Montreal . . . in the years 1789 and 1793 (London, 1801), pp. 1-119. Paper; ff. 81. Quarto.
Voyages and Travels: Voyage in search of the northwest passage, by Sir A. Mackenzie: 1789.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie: Voyage in search of a N. W. passage: 1789.: Hologr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953627
040-001953634 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 787-923 : CLASS XIX.GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY AND LOCAL HISTORY.
Stowe MS 793 : "JOURNAL of a Voyage performed by order of the N.W. Company, in a bark canoe, in search of a passage by water through the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0019]/036-001953627[0007]/040-001953634
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1789
- End Date:
- 1789
- Date Range:
- 1789
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Mackenzie, Alexander