A journey from Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson Bay to the northern ocean, in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, and 1772-- . added. Among theseare the portions of Cooks and Pennants maps of parts ofNorth America showing the first published records ofHearnes courses; a map of the Coppermine River as sur-veyed by Sir John Franklin in 1821 ; and a general map ofNorthern Canada drawn on the same scale and projectionas Hearnes large map, and with his routes laid down ascorrectly as it has been possible for me to determine latter map is much more easily compared with Hearnesoriginal map than one
A journey from Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson Bay to the northern ocean, in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, and 1772-- . added. Among theseare the portions of Cooks and Pennants maps of parts ofNorth America showing the first published records ofHearnes courses; a map of the Coppermine River as sur-veyed by Sir John Franklin in 1821 ; and a general map ofNorthern Canada drawn on the same scale and projectionas Hearnes large map, and with his routes laid down ascorrectly as it has been possible for me to determine latter map is much more easily compared with Hearnesoriginal map than one drawn on the poly conic projection incommon use at the present time. I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Edward of the Biological Survey, Washington, , ,author of A Biological Investigation of the Hudson BayRegion and A Biological Investigation of the Athabaska-Mackenzie Region, who has so kindly annotated Chapter the fauna and flora of Hudson Bay, and has also added thenotes to which his initials are attached in other parts of thevolume. J. B. TYRRELL. Toronto, February i, R fuiUfudasduActdtj-ecls b/JSeweU. CornJuU Au^^IfIJCjSFrom the J£uro/>ea>i Magazhic, June, 1797 JOURNEY FROM I Prince of Waless Fort, in Hudfons Bay, TO THE NORTHERN OCEAN. UNDERTAKEN BY ORDER OF THE HUDSONS BAT COMPANY. FOR THE DISCOVERY OF COPPER MINES, A NORTH WEST PASSAGE, l^fcId the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, ^ 1772. By SAMUEL HEARNE. LONDON: Printed for A, Strahan and T. Cadell : And Sold by T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, (Succeffors to Mr. Cadell,) in the Strand. 1795 TO SAMUEL WEGG, Esq., Governor,Sir JAMES WINTER LAKE, Deputy Governor, AND THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HONOURABLE HUDSONS BAT COMPANY. HONOURABLE SIRS, ^S the following Journey was undertaken at your Request/% and Expence, I feel it no less my Duty than myA m. Inclination to address it to you; hoping that myhumble Endeavours to relate, in a plain and unadorned Style,the various Circumstance
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