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Hearne, Samuel (1745-1792) [info]. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the northern ocean: Undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. London: Printed for A. Strathan & T. Cadell, 1795.

Physical description: xliv, 458, [2] p., plates (part. fold.), fold. maps.; 32 cm.

Language: English

Manuscript journal was found by La Pérouse when he captured Fort Albany; later one of his conditions of surrender was that it be published. Also published, Amsterdam: Nico Israel and New York: Da Capo, 1968 (xliv, 458p.); 1st Dublin edition, Dublin: Printed for P. Byrne and J. Rice, 1796 ([1], 1 leaf, 459, [1]p.); abridged by William Fordyce Mavor, Philadelphia: Joseph & James Crukshank, 1802 (118p.); edited by Richard Phillips and included in, A collection of voyages and travels, from the discovery of America to the commencement of the nineteeth [sic] century , London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1809, vol.24 (392p.). Edited by Joseph Burr Tyrrell, edition of 520 copies, Toronto: Champlain Society, 1911 (xv, 437, viiip.); reprinted New York: Greenwood Press, 1968 (xv, 437, viiip.). Edited by Richard Gilchrist Glover, Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1958 and 1972 (lxxii, 301p.). With introduction by Leslie H. Neatby, Edmonton: Hurtig and Rutland, Vt.: Charles E. Tuttle, 1971 (lvi, 458p.). Portions selected by Farley Mowat as Coppermine journey: An account of a great adventure , Toronto: McClelland & Stewart and Boston: Little, Brown, 1958 (144p.); Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990 (162p.); included in Sledy na snegu , Moscow: "Mysl," 1985 (239p.). Foundation for Edward W. Nuffield, Samuel Hearne: Journey to the Coppermine River, 1769-1772 , Vancouver: Hero Books, 2001 (137p.). Translated into German, with notes by Johann Reinhold Forster, as Reise von dem Prinz von Wallis-Fort an der Hudsons-Bay bis zu dem Eismeere, in den Jahren 1769 bis 1772 , Berlin: In der Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1797 (viii, 284p.) and as part of Samuel Hearne's Reise von dem Prinz Wallis-Fort an der Hudsons-Bay bis zu dem Eismeere in den Jahren 1769 bis 1772. Aus dem Englischen mit Anmerkungen von J.R. Forster, und Heinrich Wansey's Tagebuch einer Reise durch die vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika. Aus dem Englischen mit Anmerkungen und mit einer Vorrede uber Auswanderung und Landerkauf in Nord-Amerika. Von C.A. Bottiger, Vienna: Bey B. Ph. Bauer, 1815; translated by M.E. Sprengel as, Samuel Hearne's Reise vom Fort Prinz Wallis in der Hudsonsbay nach dem nordlichen Weltmeer , Halle: In der Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1797 ([1], 1 leaf, 229p.); portion translated by Wilhelm Harnisch and included in Reise um die Erde, gemacht von A.J. von Krusenstern und G.H. von Langsdorff: nebst Golownin's Gefangenschaft in Japan: und Samuel Hearne's Reise von dem Hudsonsbusen bis zum nördlichen Polmeere , Vienna: Bey Kaulfuss und Krammer, 1827 (189p.); edited by Volker Matthies as Abenteuer im arktischen kanada: die Suche nach der Nordwest-Passage, 1679-1772 , Tübingen: Edition Erdmann, c1981 (261p.). First Swedish edition, Samuel Hearnes Resa til Norra Americas shaf , Stockholm: Johan Pfeiffer, 1798 (iv, 202p.). Also translated, with notes by Johann Reinhold Forster, as Landreis van 't Prins van Wallis Fort aan Hudsons Baai naar den Noorder-Oceaan: ondernomen op bevel van de maatschaapij der Hudsons Baai ter ontdekkinge van koper-mijnen, een noord-west doortogt, enz. in de jaren 1769, 1770, 1771 en 1772 , In den Haage: Bij J.C. Leeuwnstijn, 1798 (2 vols.). Translated into Danish by J. Werfel as Dagbog paa en Opdagelsesreise til Lands fra Prinds af Wallis-Fort ved Hudson-Bayen til Iishavet, Copenhagen: A. & S. Soldins Forlag, 1802. Translated into Russian as part of Puteshestvii po Sievernoi Amerikie k Liedovitomu moriu i Tikhomu okeanu, sovershennyia gospodami Khernom i Miakenziem s prisovokuplieniem opisaniia miekhovoi torgovli v Kanadie proizvodimoi, vsiekh zvierei v Amerikie obrietavshikhsia, nravov i obykonovenie vnutreenikh dikikh, St. Petersburg: V tip. V. Plavil’shchikova, 1808. For French translation see Peel 42.

Subject headings:

• Discoveries in geography
• Indians of North America
• Northwest Passage--Description and travel
• Prairie Provinces--Description and travel

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