1792 A Journal of Transactions and Events, During a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador

Description

An Important Work, First Edition, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding

One of the earliest authoritative works on Labrador, in excellent full calf bindings.

Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece to volume I, and two folding maps, printed on three sheets. Collated, complete.

Cartwright, a former British army officer, was engaged by a group of British merchants to trade with the native Canadian Esquimaux. Between 1770 and 1786, he made six fishing and trapping expeditions to Labrador, establishing posts near Sandwich Bay.

Cartwright's journal provides a detailed account of the fur trade, the native North American population, and observations on the natural history and meteorology of Labrador, along with a glossary of English language words particular to Canadian life at the time.

The ordinary paper issue, ESTC reference no. T133714

Written in an unadorned style, Cartwright informs his readers: ''Tho I have often slept whole nights on mountains as high as that of famed Parnassus, yet, never having taken a nap on its sacred summit, it cannot be expected, that I should have awoke a Poet'.