British Columbia, Arctic, Pacific Northwest and Western Canada

paid, also noting: "It would appear to be good policy not to discourage acts of humanity by failing toreasonable reimburse the masters and owners of vessels for services rendered in saving shipwreckedcrews" (See: Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the 49thCongress, 1886-87: in 3 vols. Vol. 2. Washington, 1887. № 4080).New York Times from September 12, 1888 informed about loss of McIntoch’s schooner CarrieBonnell at sea. The schooner "was 96 years old register, was 16 years old and was owned by her Captain [it] was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition. [McIntoch and his crew of 14 men] were taken offby another Provincetown fisherman and landed at St. Pierre on Sept. 3. They saved all their effects andgear and set the vessel on fire before they left her."$1500USD2. [ALASKA, B.C., CANADIAN ROCKIES, PHOTOGRAPHS][Album of 147 Original Photographs of a Trip Through the American West, Including Scenes in theGrand Canyon, Alaska, Yukon, Mt. Rainier National Park, Victoria (BC), and Canadian Rockies; [With] 71Real Photo and Printed Postcards Obtained During the Trip].1919. Oblong Folio (24x36,5 cm). 48 leaves. In total 220 images including a large panorama (ca.8,5x24,5 cm or 3 ½ x 9 ¾ in) and a large original photograph (ca. 18,5x12,5 cm or 7x5 in); 112 originalphotographs ca. 10x12,5 cm (4 x 4 ¾ in), 35 smaller photographs ca. 4,5x6,5 cm (1 ½ x 2 ½ in), 46 larger(ca. 8,5x13,5 cm or 3 ½ x 5 ½ in) and 25 smaller (ca. 4,5x7 cm or 1 ¾ x 2 ¾ in) postcards, mounted on blackcardboard leaves. Postcards captioned in negative. With the official itinerary of the trip from the travelagent (3 sheets) mounted on the first leaf. Handsome period style black half morocco with moire paperedboards and endpapers, and gilt tooled spine. Several leaves with small tears and chips, not affectingphotographs, one image with minor blue stains of the upper margin, a small photo faded, a few imageswith minor damage in the corners (the photographs were stuck together and later separated). Overall avery good album.An interesting photographcollection of a 1919 summer tour acrossthe Pacific Northwest and the RockyMountains. As seen from the officialtravel itinerary included in the album, thetraveller was Howard B. Sprague (93Binney St., Boston, Mass) who went on anindependent tour organized by a Bostontravel company Raymond & WithrombInc. (17 Temple Place).Sprague left Boston on June 15,1919 and went to the Grand Canyon; afterthat he proceeded to California, spendingseveral days in the resorts of Coronado,and the Yosemite Valley. Then he headedto Seattle and Vancouver and on July 122. Totem poles, Alert Baysailed from Vancouver on a Canadian Pacific steamer, according to the "itinerary of tour # 37."Apparently, he went from Victoria, BC to Alert Bay (Vancouver Island), Prince Rupert (mainland BC), andfurther along the coast of Alaska, visiting Wrangell, Juneau, and Skagway. After that he went inlandthrough the White Pass and Yukon Route, visited Lake Bennet and Dawson City and probably went downthe Yukon River and the on to Victoria, BC. Sprague returned to Seattle on the 30th of July and thenstayed at Mt. Rainier Park for several days. He took a train of the Canadian Pacific Railway from4

Vancouver to the Canadian Rockies and had several stops on the way - in Sicamous (Shushwap region),Glacier (Illecillewaet), Lake Louise, Banff and St. Paul (Alberta). He arrived home on the August 30th.The Alaskan photographs include coastal landscapes with mountains and icebergs, several pictures ofthe narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad and the international boundary between US andCanada. Especially interesting are two photographs of the graves (in Skagway) of Jefferson Randolph"Soapy" Smith (1860-1898), a famous con artist and gangster, and Frank H. Reid (1844 or 1850 - 1898), asoldier and city engineer, both died in the renowned shootout on Juneau Wharf in Skagway on July 8, 1898.2. Gold dredging operationsThen follow various views of Yukon River, Lake Bennet, an image of Dawson City; a series of tenphotos documenting gold dredging with close up views of mills and machines; several riverside scenesshowing bulk of logs on shore and their loading to the ship; there is a picture of a river steamer Cascafrom Victoria, images of Victoria Legislature Building and CPR Empress Hotel et al.Grand Canyon views include a photograph, which apparently, is a portrait of Sprague himself,posing on a cliff, a photo of the traveller’s camp, and an interesting series of cowboy’s competition. Acouple of photographs show scenes of hiking on Mt. Rainier and various mountainous landscapes,including nicely executed panorama and a large view of Mt. Rainier. The Canadian Rockies arerepresented with a view of the Great Divide between BC andAlberta, pictures of a bison and a wolf, and a series of over 20photos of Lake Louise and Banff, including views of the Lake Louise,Bow River, and CPR hotel Chateau Lake Louise (one of the imagesshow guests relaxing in the outdoor swimming pool).The postcards (62 real photo and 9 printed) include 9 views ofthe Indian settlement in Alert Bay with its renowned totem poles (alsorepresented with two photos); views of Victoria and Prince Rupert(B.C.), Alaskan coast, Wrangell, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, WhitePass and Yukon Route, Canadian dredges on Klondyke River andBonanza Creek; a scene with a dog sledge entitled "The MalamuteChorus" et al. Series of postcards of Mt. Rainier (32) include images ofParadise Inn hotel (completely covered with snow) and restaurant"Ohop Bob" - a place of fine dining on the way to the mountain (it wasbuilt in 1914 for the Tacoma Automobile Club and burned down in1965). The Canadian Rockies are shown with views of "Sir Donald, Utoand Eagle Peaks" (Glacier Park), Lakes Moraine and Louise.2. Itinerary of the trip$3250USD5

3. [ALASKA, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS AND EPHEMERA][Unique Collection of 215 Postcards and Photographs of Alaska, including 15 OriginalPhotographs of the US Coast Guard Cutter Haida and its Crew, 138 Real Photo Postcards, and 62 PrintedPostcards; With 8 Pieces of Alaskan and North Pacific Related Ephemera].[Alaska], ca. 1900-1930. Photographs and postcards all ca. 9x14 cm (3 ½ x 5 ½ in). Many captionedin negative, ca. 50 images captioned and annotated in ink on recto or verso by the same person, mostlikely a crew member of USCG Haida. Clean and strong postcards, with only less than ten used, onepostcard strengthened on margins. All ephemera in very good condition (see detailed description below).Overall a great collection in very good condition.COLLECTION OF A USCG HAIDA’S CREW MEMBER.Unique collection of early and rare postcards and ephemera of Alaskan views, scenes and types.A collection most likely assembled by a crew member of the US Coast Guard Cutter Haida, whocaptioned and annotated ca. 50 images. A postcard from the collection with the text written in the sameor very similar hand, has been sent from Petersburg, Alaska, on July 30, 1921 (dated and stamped) to"Miss C. Little" in Ireland; the sender "Bruce" informed that "We arrived here today & will stop for a shorttime This is another fishing & mining town, also a lumber depo" (most likely, the sender put togetherthe collection).3The collection of annotated images includes 15 original photographs, showing USCG Haida and itscrew, including the cutter’s Captain Shea with his dog, chief wireless operator Fanning, chief machinistsBrowning and Jones, "race boats crew this year," "baseball team this year," "hunting party," "reindeer andone of the crew" et al; three images show natives of St. Lawrence Island on the deck of USS Bear; threephotographs depict a naval (or military) formation in the Unalaska dock; and there is also a photo of"Senator Dill & Secretary" on board a ship.The postcards from the "Haida" collection include a picture of cutter Haida itself, and of othervessels, for example USS Bear, Hudson’s Bay Company’s ship Baichimo (before it became a ghost ship;with an interesting note on verso), "a passenger ship," a shipwreck, a view of the deck of a schooner and a6

EPHEMERAThe ephemera includes:A Few Facts Concerning the Development of Alaska and Siberia [An advertising brochure]/Northwest Commercial Company. Seattle, [1906]. Oblong Octavo (15,5x23 cm). [32] pp., ill., maps.Original publisher’s illustrated wrappers, slightly soiled. A very good copy.Your Vacation should Include Yellowstone Park, Lewis and Clark Exposition, Alaska, one or all[Advertising]/ Northern Pacific Yellowstone Park Line// McClure’s Magazine, April 1905. Octavo (24,5x16cm). Very good. The advertising shows a native woman of the Pacific Northwest with two children, sledgedogs and a totem pole in the background.Two coloured lithographs representing types of natives of Unalaska, Aleutian and Kurile Islands,and "Isole delle Volpi," Plates 67 and 68 from "Asia Settentrionale" (1841). Large octavo (28x20 cm). Verygood, bright lithographs.Front wrapper of the magazine "The Open Road for Boys" (April 1937), by H.L.V. Parkhurst, showinga pilot and a woman passenger flying low over Alaskan mountains and valleys, the heading "The GoldGulch Flight: Alaskan Air Adventure." Quarto (29x21 cm), very good.Two collectable cards, # 24 and 71, entitled "Alaska" and sold with coffee of Arbuckle Bros., NewYork. 1889-1893. Both ca. 7,5x12,5 cm. Very good. The cards show the map of Alaska, and several scenesof local life (seals resting on the ice, whalers, hunters, natives), one card with the description of Alaska onverso.A collectable card entitled "Ausser-Europäische Wasserstrassen. Bering-Strasse" and sold withLiebig’s Fleisch-Extract (broth), Germany. Ca. 1890-1910-s. Ca. 7x11 cm. Very good. The card shows mapand of view of Bering Strait, and a portrait of the native "Eskimo."$8250USD4. [ALEXANDER VON BUNGE EXPEDITION 1889][Unique Collection of 23 Original Photographs Documenting the Investigation of the Wreck of theRussian Coast Guard Ship Kreiserok in the Vicinity of Cape Soya, Northwestern Hokkaido].Ca. 1889. One photograph ca. 16.5 x 22cm (6.5 x 8.5 in), eighteen photographs, ca. 12x17 cm (4 ¾x 6 ¾ in) and four smaller photographic portraits of the Kreiser’s crew, ca. 11x8 cm (4 ¼ x 3 ¼ in)mounted on card leaves of different sizes. The majority of photographs with pencil captions in Danishon the lower margins of the mounts. Minor foxing of the mounts, but overall a very good collection.This important photographic collectiondocuments the search expedition of theRussian Navy to the northwestern Hokkaido inNovember 1889 - January 1890. The purposewas to investigate the fate of the shipwreck ofthe Russian coast guard schooner Kreiserok("Little Cruiser") which was in service on thecoast of Tyuleniy Island (in the Sea of Okhotsk,19 km to the south of Cape Patience (MysTerpeniya), on the eastern Sakhalin coast)protecting against poachers and disappearedin a storm on October 26, 1889.The wreck of Kreiserok was discoveredby Japanese on the shore next to villageWakkanai, in the vicinity of Cape Soya,4. Alexander Bunge (bottom row, first fromleft) and members of his expedition10

the northernmost point of Hokkaido, 43 km away across the Laperouse Strait from Sakhalin Island. TheRussian consulate informed the Pacific Squadron of the Russian Navy which wintered in Nagasaki, and theSquadron Commander rear admiral Vladimir Schmidt sent the investigation expedition on clipper Kreiser("Cruiser") to ascertain whether the wreck was indeed the Kreiserok.The expedition under the leadershipof renowned Russian Polar explorer, doctorAlexander von Bunge (1851-1930) includedLt. V.N. Bukharin and other Russianmariners, as well as Japanese officials andtranslators. The party reached the place ofthe wreck with great difficulties because ofheavy snowfalls and strong winds. Theyexamined what left of the schooner - a partof stern with steering wheel and the rightside with both masts. Two ship’s boats, theflag and the board with the ship’s namewere discovered, as well as a body of a sailor(Fedor Ivanov). None of the crew members4. Kreiserok's wreck, with (likely) Lt.Bukharin and Lt. Cold in the centre11was rescued, obviously there were nosurvivors. The cause of the disaster wasn’tdetermined, but it was assumed that the shipwrecked because of the ice formation on Kreiserok’s hull and rigging during strong storm, winds and lowtemperatures.This photograph collection, assembledby the Danish member of Kreiser’s crew, Lt.C.M.T. Cold (who also captioned most of theimages), includes eleven images of theKreiserok wreck on shore with all parts of theschooner's remains clearly visible. Five imagesshow the surrounding coast and a Japanesesettlement, covered with deep snow. Themajority of the pictures from the wreckagealso show the expedition members, withAlexander Bunge present on five pictures, andpossibly V. Bukharin and Lt. Cold present atleast on six pictures; several pictures show theJapanese members, and two images are groupportraits of all expedition members. Fivepictures are dedicated to the clipper Kreiser4. Kreiserok's wreck; Bunge first from leftincluding four portraits of its crew members, and a view of Kreiser in the harbour of Nagasaki, the latterwas reproduced in: Krestianinov, V.I. Cruisers of the Russian Imperial Navy, 1856-1917. Part 1. SPb., 2003(Крестьянинов, В.Я. Крейсера Российского Императорского флота, 1856-1917. Ч. I. СПб, 2003).The monument erected in 1897 in Vladivostok in memory of Kreiserok and its crew became the firstmonument of Vladivostok and the first official memorial on the Pacific to Russian naval mariners whoperished on duty.Kreiserok ("Little Cruiser") was a coast guard schooner of the Russian Imperial Navy. Tonnage 15 t.,length 24 m., width 8 m., draught 2.13 m. Built in 1884 in Seattle, before 1886 – American schooner"Henrietta." In 1886 it was confiscated by the Russian clipper "Kreiser" for poaching in the Russian waters

of the Bering Sea. In 1887 under command of lieutenant Tsvangman it carried out hydrographical surveyof the Amur estuary. On May 14, 1888 it was renamed after the clipper "Kreiser" and became a coastguard vessel of the Tyuleniy Island (the Sea of Okhotsk). In October 1889 during its service on the island’scoast it captured American poaching schooner Rose and prepared to escort it to Vladivostok, but insteadwrecked in a storm with the entire crew perishing. A cape and a bay in the Possiet Gulf (Peter the GreatGulf of the Sea of Japan) were named after it.Alexander von Bunge was a renowned Russian Polar explorer, doctor of medicine and zoologist, ason of famous botanist Alexander von Bunge (1803-1890). He participated in the expeditions to themouth of the River Lena (1882-84), Yenisey River (1892-95), Spitsbergen (1900) et al; he headed theexpedition to the New Siberian Islands (1885-86). Von Bunge’s meteorological observations were used byF. Nansen during his famous Fram expedition. An island in the Arctic Ocean (Bunge Land), a peninsula onthe Russky Island (Nordenskiöld Archipelago), glaciers on Spitsbergen and Novaya Zemlya, and amountain on Spitsbergen were named after him.$5750USD5. [AMERICAN FUR COMPANY’S VOYAGEUR CONTRACT][A Signed Contract Engaging Jean Sonnet of Montreal or La Prairie with W.W. Matthews for TwoWinters to Perform Various Tasks, Including Barrel Making].Montreal: 17 March, 1818. One page folio (32x20 cm). Printed document in French, filled out inmanuscript; laid paper. Margins with a couple of minor tears, otherwise a very good document.A contract between William Wallace Mathews, amanager of the American Fur Company from Montreal, and alocal man Jean Sonnet who promised to "well and properly carefor the roads and being at the said place, goods, food, pelts,utensils at all things necessary for the journey; serve, obey andexecute loyalty to the said Sir." Sonnet was entitled to thewages of 900 livres, ten piastres and some equipment inadvance. Jean Sonnet has signed with an “X”."In 1817-18, the American Fur Company brought a largenumber of clerks from Montreal and the United States toMackinaw, some of whom made good Indian traders, whilemany others failed upon trial and were discharged. To William Mathews was entrusted the engaging ofvoyageurs and clerks in Canada, with his head-quarters inMontreal. The voyageurs he took from the habitants (farmers);young, active, athletic men were sought for, indeed, none butsuch were engaged, and they passed under inspection of asurgeon. Mr. M. also purchased at Montreal such goods aswere suited for the trade, to lead his boats. These boats werethe Canadian batteaux, principally used in those days intransferring goods to upper St. Lawrence river and itstributaries, manned by four oarsmen and a steersman, capacity about six tons.The voyageurs and clerks were under indentures for a term of five years. Wages for voyageurs,$100, clerk from $120 to $500 per annum. These were all novices in the business; the plan of thecompany was to arrange and secure the services of old traders and their voyageurs, who, at the (new)organization of the company were in the Indian country, depending on their influence and knowledge ofthe trade with the Indians; and as fast as possible secure the vast trade in the West and North-West,512

Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855) was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer, who in 1827attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole. He reached 82°45′ North latitude, setting therecord for human exploration farthest North that stood for nearly five decades before being surpassed at83°20′26″ by Albert Hastings Markham in 1875-1876" (Wikipedia)$1250USD7. [ARCTIC MEDAL][INGRAM, W.][An Octagonal Silver Arctic Medal Engraved for W. Ingram, HMS Hecla].[London], [1857]. Diameter approx. 33 mm. Recto withprofile of Queen Victoria wearing a tiara and facing left withwords "VICTORIA REGINA" to rim. Reverse with sailing ship andicebergs in the background and a sledge party in theforeground; with the dates "1818-1855" under, and the words"FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES" above the scene. The inner edge ofthe rim on both faces is beaded. At the top of the medal is asmall claw above which is a five-pointed star with anothersmaller five-pointed star offset behind it; on the topmost largepoint is a swivel through which is a half inch ring. Three lowersections on the rim with engraved words "W. INGRAM H.M.S.HECLA." Medal slightly darkened, complete with suspender,white ribbon renewed; Overall in near fine condition.In May 1857, the London Gazette announced theinception of a new medal awarded for Arctic discoveries.Claimants, who could include those participating in expeditionsof discovery and those who had participated in the search forSir John Franklin, were invited to apply to the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House in London. Alist of expeditions for which claims were eligible was alsoprinted, and this list was extended to at later dates (to include,for instance, the Nares Arctic Expedition of 1875-6).The present example bears an inscription relating to W. Ingram, but the attribution is uncertain:according to Poulsom & Myres, the standard reference work, William Ingram served as a Private R.M. onthe North Star during the time of search for Franklin expedition: A medal named to W. Ingram serving onthe HMS Hecla is known to exist, but there is a gap in the ship's records of him serving on the Hecla.Poulsom & Myres p.207.$2500USD8. [B.C. – ALASKA – KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH, PHOTOGRAPHS][Album of 91 Original Photographs of Alaska Including Views of Sitka, Wrangell, Muir Glacier andSkagway with the White Pass].1899. Oblong Folio (28x34,5 cm). 91 photographs, the majority ca. 12x10 cm (4 ¾ x 4 in) or slightlysmaller, mounted on 11 grey card leaves. With two chromolithographs and a coloured photograph byLaRoche (Seattle) mounted on the endpapers and on the last leaf of the album. Several images with periodpencil or ink captions. Period style black full morocco with gilt tooled title and a chromolithograph showingYukon tundra in summer, mounted on the front board. First and last leaves with small tears and chips, not714

affecting photographs. Two photos lightly chipped; a few with some minor soiling. Overall a beautifulalbum with strong, bright images.An interesting collection of photographs taken during a cruise on the steamship "Queen" along theNorthwest coast of America and Alaska in July 1899, during the Klondike Gold Rush 1896-99. The group oftravellers proceeded from Victoria (British Columbia) and went north and visited Sitka, Wrangell, GlacierNational Park, where they spent time at the Muir Glacier, Skagway and summitted the famous White Passleading to the Yukon River and further to the Klondike Gold fields.The images include Alaskanscenery (mountains, rivers, coastallandscapes), including close-up views ofhouses and totem poles in Wrangell,views of the harbour and vicinities ofSitka, a nice series of the Muir glacierviews, images of the interior of St.Michael’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral inSitka, the Legislature building in Victoria,a portrait with the building of theKlondike Trading Company in thebackground et al. The images of thetourists themselves show numerousoutdoor activities, such as fishing, hiking,and mountain climbing, as well as takingthe air on board the steamship. Images ofnote include a photo of two ladies inshirtwaists roped up together formountain climbing; two photos of bison;88. Totem poles in Wrangelland an image of a group of native children and their dogs seated on the ground outside a cabin in avillage. A nice record of a Victorian pleasure trip to the Far North.$3250USD15

9. [B.C. GOLD RUSH WEEKLY NEWSPAPER]The Cariboo Sentinel: Vol. 1. No. 12.Barkerville, Williams Creek, British Columbia: Saturday, August 19, 1865. On a double Elephant Folioleaf (ca. 40,5x29,5 cm or 16 x 11 ½ in). Four pages. With Two page Supplement laid in. Period pencil note"30 cops. Exp. Acc. F.J. Barnard" in the right upper corner; blue stamp "M.W. WAITT & Co. Govt. St.VICTORIA" in the left upper corner. Light staining along fold lines, chipping on the upper edge, but overalla very good copy.Very rare as only four runs of thenewspaper located in Worldcat.One of the first issues of thisalmost legendary goldfields newspaperinscribed by a prominent BCbusinessman and politician, the founderof famous Barnard’s Express: FrancisJones Barnard (1829-1889).The inscription ordered to send 30copies of the newspaper to the office ofa Victoria bookseller, publisher and newsagent M.W. Waitt & Co. (probably, onBarnard’s personal account). The reasonfor this was most likely the article letterfrom Victoria written anonymously9by a member of the Legislature, which presented a lengthy defense of Union of the Colonies of BC andVancouver Island, based partly on the value of the Cariboo miners to the Island economy and, reciprocally,the value of free trade to the miners (the union was concluded in 1866)."The Cariboo Sentinel was published in Barkerville, in theCariboo region of central British Columbia, and ran from June 1865to October 1875. At the time, Barkerville was home to a fastgrowingcommunity of miners who had been attracted to theCariboo region by the discovery of gold. The Sentinel waspublished by George Wallace, and its stated objective was not onlyto disseminate "mining intelligence," but also to eradicate "officialabuse[s]" of power, both within the Cariboo region and beyond(vol. 1, no. 1, p. 2)" (UBC Library Catalogue)."Francis Jones Barnard, often known as Frank Barnard Sr.,was a prominent British Columbia businessman and Member ofParliament in Canada from 1879 to 1887. Most famously, Barnardwas the founder of the B.X. Express freighting company ("Barnard's9. Article about the Union of the Express"), which was the main cartage and passenger servicesColonies of Vancouver Island and BC, company on the Cariboo Road. His son, Sir Francis Stillmanwith the stamp of M.W. Waitt and Co. Barnard, often known as Frank Barnard Jr., later became theLieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.It was his next enterprise, begun in the fall of 1860, that would grow to become the B.X. Expressone of the most important companies in the early history of the Colony, and which would remain inbusiness for decades. He began by carrying mail and newspapers, on foot, all the way from Yale to thegoldfield towns of the Cariboo, a 760-mile roundtrip journey, charging $2 per letter and sellingnewspapers in the goldfields for $1 a copy. In 1861 and 1862 he also carried packages between Yale andNew Westminster, a distance of 200 miles, and in 1862 established a one-horse pony express, with16

himself as sole rider, serving the Cariboo from Yale, where he met with services from New Westminsterand Yale provided by Dietz & Nelson (one of the partners in which was the later Lieutenant-GovernorHugh Nelson) and couriered reliably from there to Barkerville. On his return journeys, he becameentrusted with shipments of gold dust, and managed to reliably and safely convey earnings from thegoldfields to Yale despite the ever-present risk of robbery, in addition to the difficulties posed by distance,climate, and the difficult canyon and plateau trails.With the completion of the first section of the OldCariboo Road to Soda Creek in 1862 , Barnard used his ownacquired capital and found a backer to launch Barnard'sExpress and Stage Line with fourteen six-horse coaches and afamous team of "crack whips" to drive them, includinglegendary drivers Steve Tingley and Billy Ballou. The onset ofthe busiest phase of movement of miners and goods to andfrom the Cariboo Gold Rush began that year, and Barnard'snew company prospered from a buys trade in services forpassengers, freight, letters, newspapers and gold dust, and in1864 was able to expand his business further with thepurchase of more rolling stock and also in winning thegovernment contract to carry the mail. Barnard was also ableto encourage the government to end the gold escort with theresult that his company's coaches, equipped with armedguardsmen, would be fully in charge of the movement of gold9. An advertisement in the Cariboo Sentinelfrom the Cariboo to the Coast. In 1866 Barnard bought out Dietz and Nelson and so came into control ofthe bulk of business connecting Victoria to Barkerville, as he was now in control of shipments betweenVictoria and Yale as well as from Yale northwards" (Wikipedia).$1500USD10. [B.C. TERMS OF UNION WITH CANADA][Leaflet Titled]: To the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty.Most Gracious Sovereign: We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful andloyal Subjects, the Members of the Legislative Council of BritishColumbia in Council assembled, humbly approach Your Majestyfor the purpose of representing the subject of theadmission of the Colony of British Columbia into the Union orDominion of Canada...[Victoria], [1870]. 3 pp. On a folded double folio leaf (ca.32,5 x 40,5 cm or 13 x 15 ¾ in) with the Royal Arms of the BritishEmpire. Printed on pale blue paper. A fine copy.Very Rare unrecorded draft of the Terms of British ColumbiaUnion with Canada, the document contains 14 conditions for entryinto Confederation. Among the conditions are the statements that"Canada shall be liable for the Debts and Liabilities of BritishColumbia," and that "the Government of the Dominion undertaketo secure the commencement simultaneously, within two yearsfrom the date of the Union, of the construction of a Railway fromthe Pacific towards Rocky Mountains, and from such point as maybe selected, East of the Rocky Mountains, towards the Pacific, to1017

connect the Seaboard of British Columbia with the Railway system of Canada; and further, to secure thecompletion of such Railway within ten years from the date of the Union.""Both the depressed economic situation arising from the collapse of the gold rushes, as well as adesire for the establishment of truly responsible and representative government, led to enormousdomestic pressure for British Columbia to join the Canadian Confederation, which had been proclaimed in1867. The Confederation League, spearheaded by three future premiers of the province - Amor DeCosmos, Robert Beaven, and John Robson - took a leading role in pushing the colony towards this goal.And so it was on July 20, 1871, that British Columbia became the sixth province to join Canada. In returnfor entering Confederation, Canada absorbed B.C.'s massive debt, and promised to build a railway fromMontreal to the Pacific coast within 10 years. In fulfillment of this promise, the last spike of the CanadianPacific Railway was driven in Craigellachie in 1885" (Wikipedia).$1500USD11. [BRAMBILA, Fernando] (1763-1832)[Malaspina Expedition] Sepulcro del Gefe anterior a el actual del Puerto de Mulgrave, muertosegun indicios en una Reyerta [Tombstone of a Chief in the Vicinity of Port Mulgrave, who died in aSkirmish According to the Evidence; Artist Proof Plate Meant for a Seven Volume Work Which wasSuppressed and Remained Unpublished].[Madrid?], [1798?]. Ca. 27x47 cm (10.5 x 18 ½ in) A near fine wide margined aquatint.Extremely Rare artist's proof aquatint produced for a work which was never published. Worldcatonly locates one copy of this print. This aquatint shows Port Mulgrave on Khantaak Island, Alaska. TheMalaspina Expedition arrived at Port Mulgrave on the 27 th of June, 1791 and the Expedition stayed therefor ten days. This aquatint shows a Tlingit burial site and tombstone for a Chief who died in battle.The artist of this aquatint, Brambila, joined as a painter the scientific expedition of AlejandroMalaspina (1789-1794), which explored and mapped much of the west coast of the Americas from CapeHorn to the Gulf of Alaska. Brambila painted several landscapes of Guam, the Philippines, Australia (Sydney),Macao, Peru, Chile and Argentina and the Pacific Northwest. After returning to Spain, he worked onproducing prints based of his paintings and drawings made on the voyage, in preparation for the publicationof the account of the Malaspina Expedition. Unfortunately, Malaspina's political judgment lead him to takepart in a failed conspiracy to overthrow Spain's Prime Minister Godoy, and he was arrested on charges of1118

plotting against the state. After an inconclusive trial on April 20, 1796, Charles IV decreed that Malaspina bestripped of rank and imprisoned in the isolated fortress of San Antón in La Coruña, Galicia (Spain), where heremained from 1796 to 1802. As a result, his seven-volume account of the Expedition was suppressed andremained unpublished until the late 19 th century. Thus this aquatint is a very rare contemporary pictorialsurvivor of the expedition. Hakluyt Society, The Malaspina Expedition; Howgego M26; Wikipedia.$8750USD12. [BRAMBILA, Fernando] (1763-1832)[Malaspina Expedition] Vista de una Galeria natural de cien pies de largo y diez de ancho, en lainmediacion del Puerto del Decanso, en el Estrecho de Juan de Fuca. [View of a Natural Gallery of oneHundred feet long and ten wide, in the Proximity of the Port of Decanso [Gabriola Island B.C.], in theStrait of Juan de Fuca; Artist Proof Plate Meant for a Seven Volume Work Which was Suppressed andRemained Unpublished].[Madrid?], [1798?]. Ca. 26x49 cm (10.5 x 19 ½ in) A near fine wide margined aquatint.Extremely Rare artist's proof aquatint produced for a work which was never published. Worldcatonly locates one copy of this print. This aquatint shows the natural gallery on Gabriola Island.The artist of this aquatint, Brambila, joined as a painter the scientific expedition of AlejandroMalaspina (1789-1794), which explored and mapped much of the west coast of the Americas from CapeHorn to the Gulf of Alaska. Brambila painted several landscapes of Guam, the Philippines, Australia(Sydney), Macao, Peru, Chile and Argentina and the Pacific Northwest. After returning to Spain, heworked on producing prints based on his paintings and drawings made on the voyage, in preparation forthe publication of the account of the Malaspina Expedition. Unfortunately, Malaspina's political judgmentlead him to take part in a failed conspiracy to overthrow Spain's Prime Minister Godoy, and he wasarrested on charges of plotting against the state. After an inconclusive trial on April 20, 1796, Charles IVdecreed that Malaspina be stripped of rank and imprisoned in the isolated fortress of San Antón in LaCoruña, Galicia (Spain), where he remained from 1796 to 1802. As a result, his seven-volume account ofthe Expedition was suppressed and remained unpublished until the late 19 th century. Thus, this aquatint is avery rare contemporary pictorial survivor of the expedition. Hakluyt Society, The Malaspina Expedition;Howgego M26; Humphrey, Malaspina's Lost Gallery; Wikipedia.$8750USD1219

13. [COOK, Captain James] (1728-1779)[All Three of Cook's Voyages in Swedish] De Freville (A.F.J. De) Berattteles Om de nya Uptackter,som bliswit gjorde i Soderhafwet Aren 1767-1770, &c., [With] Sammandrag af Capitain Jacob CooksÅren 1772, 73, 74 och 1775, Omkring Södra Polen [With] Sammandrag of Captain Jacob Cooks TredjeResa, i Soderhafwet och emot Norra Polen.Upsala: Johan Edman, 1776-1787. First Swedish Editions. Octavo, 3 vols. [xxviii], 308, [2], [ii], 326,[6]; [xx], 366, [10]; [xii], 618, [12], [2] pp. With two copper engraved folding maps Handsome period stylematching brown gilt tooled half sheep with speckled papered boards and brown gilt labels housed in amatching slipcase. A fine set.13Very Rare complete set of all three of Cook's Voyages in Swedish. The First Voyage is a translationfrom Freville's compilation. The Second and Third Voyages were translated from the official accounts butwith editorial notes by an anonymous Finnish editor (Second Voyage) and Oedmann (Third Voyage). Thesecond voyage caused animosity between the editor and Sparrman who condemned the work and isironically also listed as an author in the book. Du Rietz 1, 9, 12; Forbes 126 (Third Voyage).$5750USD14. [COOK, Captain James] (1728-1779)[A Bronze Memorial Medal, by Lewis Pingo].[London, 1783 or 1784]. Diameter Approx. 43 mm. Rectowith profile bust of Cook facing left within the words "Iac. CookOceani Investigator Acerrimus" (James Cook, the Most ArdentExplorer of the Seas), beneath the bust, "Reg. Soc. Lond. SocioSuo" (The Royal Society of London to their Fellow) and initial "L.P. F." [i.e. L. PingoFecit]. Reverse with figure of Fortune leaningagainst a naval column with rudder on globe within the letters"Nil Intentatum Nostri Liqvere" (Our Men Have Left NothingUnattended) and, beneath the figure "Auspiciis Georgii III."Medal in fine condition.The medal was struck in commemoration of Captain Cookby fellow members of the Royal Society of London. It "featureson its obverse a profile portrait bust of Cook in uniform, and onthe reverse, Fortune (sometimes identified as Britannia),1420

leaning upon a column with a spear in the crook of her arm and holding a rudder on a globe. The decisionto create the medal was made by the governing Council of the Royal Society shortly after news of Cook'sdeath in Hawai'i reached London on 10 January 1780.This was the first, and so far the only, time that the Royal Society has decided to commemorate thedeath of one of its Fellows in this way. At its meeting on 17 February 1780, the Council decided that themedal would be struck in different metals, with subscription rates set at 20 guineas for a gold medal and 1guinea for a silver medal or two bronzed ones, and that each member would receive a free bronzedmedal, in addition to any others he had subscribed for. Banks headed the list of subscribers, putting in anorder for one gold, 23 silver and 13 bronzed medals. In all, it seems that 22 gold, 322 silver and 577bronzed medals were created" (National Museum of Australia on-line).Lewis Pingo (1743-1830) belonged to the British dynasty of clockmakers, engravers, and medallists,which had been established in London in the 1670s. His "greatest legacy is his medals, which are variouslysigned ‘L. PINGO’, ‘L. P.’, or ‘L. P. F.’ (F=fecit). They number more than fifteen, and include portrait medalsof David Garrick (1772) and Captain James Cook (1783), as well as prize medals for the Royal HumaneSociety (1776) and the Board of Admiralty (1796). Examples of his work are represented in the BritishMuseum" (Oxford DNB); Beddie 2788.$3750USD15. [COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA]BEGBIE, Matthew Baillie, Sir (1819-1894)[Leaflet Titled]: Court of British Columbia. Order ofCourt. Whereas, by a Proclamation under the public seal ofthe said Colony, issued at Victoria, V.I., the 24th day ofDecember, I, Matthew Baillie Begbie, Judge in the saidCourt, am authorised, while resident in Victoria, VancouverIsland, to make general Rules and Orders of Court in thesame manner and of the same force and validity as if I wereresident in British Columbia…[Victoria B.C.]: 24 December, [1858]. On a foldeddouble folio leaf (ca. 28x39,5 cm or 11 x 15 ½ in) with theRoyal Arms of the British Empire. 4 pp. The leaflet has a mildstain on the first page, minor creases on corners, otherwise avery good copy.Rare B.C. Incunabula with only thirteen copies foundin Worldcat.Matthew Begbie’s establishment of the Court of thenewly formed Colony of British Columbia (since August 2,1858). The document contains 14 paragraphs and threeforms of declarations by barristers, attorneys or solicitors,and attorneys on temporary rolls."Begbie reached Fort Victoria on November 16, 1858.15He was sworn into office in Fort Langley on November 19, as the new Colony of British Columbia wasproclaimed. Given the influx of prospectors and others during Fraser Canyon Gold Rush and the followingCariboo Gold Rush of 1861, Begbie played a crucial role in the establishment of law and order throughoutthe new colony" (Wikipedia)."Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie was the first Chief Justice of the Crown Colony of British Columbia incolonial times and in the first decades after confederation of Canada.21

Begbie served as the first Judge of the Supreme Court, Colony of British Columbia 1858 to 1866 andthen, in the same capacity in the Supreme Court, the United Colonies of Vancouver Island and BritishColumbia from 1866 to 1870. He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Colonies from 1870to 1871 and, following British Columbia joining confederation in 1871, he served as the first Chief Justiceof the Supreme Court of the new Province of British Columbia until his death on June 11, 1894.In the years after his death, Begbie came to be known as the Hanging Judge. However, it appearsthat he does not deserve this reputation. The death penalty was mandatory in murder cases in those daysunless the government approved a judge's recommendation for clemency. Indeed, Begbie successfullyargued for clemency in several cases" (Wikipedia).$750USD16. [EARLY B.C. DIRECTORY]The British Columbia Directory for 1884-1885, Containing a Complete Classified Business &General Directory of the Province, Provincial Official Lists, and Useful and Reliable Information. Also,Some Facts about the Country Contributed by Gilbert Malcolm Sproat, Esq.Victoria, B. C.: R.T. Williams, 1885. Octavo. 4, [12], [2], 9-244, xv pp. With 23 unnumberedadvertising leaves printed on paper of different colours, and four smaller unnumbered leaves with‘Additional names’. Original publisher’s light brown printed cloth covers. Extremities with very mild wear,but overall a very good strong copy.This is the second year of Williams’ directory (in total 9 vols. werepublished during the years 1882-1899). The directories "provided listsof government officials, teachers, officers of armed forces, societies,consuls, members of the Legislative Assembly, and judges, as well asproviding a wide range of information about various BC localities"(Lowther 624). The book contains the directories of about 70 cities,towns and settlements, including Victoria, New Westminster, Nanaimo,Burrard Inlet (including Granville, Port Moody, Hastings andMoodyville), Richmond, Surrey, Yale, Hope, Kamloops, Langley, MapleRidge, Okanagan country, Kootenay district, Queen Charlotte Islandsand many others.Interesting is a note on Granville(Vancouver city since 1886): "It is abusy little town, containing a numberof general stores, three comfortable16hotels, churches, telegraph office &c. Since the publication of the lastdirectory, two years ago, an unexpected turn in the wheel of fortune hastaken place. Negotiations to locate the terminus of the Canadian PacificRailway at Coal Harbour appears to have at once dispelled the clouds ofuncertainty which for the last two years has hovered over terminalmatters, and turned the attention of capitalists to Coal Harbour, and alsomade Granville the most important point in British Columbia" (p. 173).Gilbert Malcolm Sproat (1834-1913) was an "authority andgovernment official. Born in Scotland; studied commercial law andtrained for the civil service; came to BC in 1860 with two shiploads ofequipment for building a sawmill at head of Alberni canal; 1860-5resident manager of company which exported spars to Europe;2216. A page with the directoryof Granville (which will becomeVancouver in 1886)

appointed customs officer by Gov. Douglas; 1872 first agent general for BC in Europe; 1876 on federal andprovincial joint commission to adjust Indian land question; 1885-90 stipendiary magistrate and goldcommissioner for W. Kootenay; retired to Victoria" (Lowther, p. 315).$975USD17. [EXPEDITION TO POINT BARROW, ALASKA 1881-1883]RAY, P.H., First Lieutenant 8th US Infantry.Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, in Response to theResolution of the House of Representatives of December 11, 1884.Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. First Edition With a Signed Letter by Greely (seebelow). Folio. [2 - title page], 695 pp. With a chromolithographed frontispiece, 2 chromolithographedplates, 19 phototype plates with tissue guards; a folding map, three charts, and 9 smaller woodcuts andcharts in text. Manuscript list of plates added in the end of the Index (p. 695). Lacks one phototype platefacing p. 49. Book plate of Henry D. & Mary F. Couchman on the first paste-down endpaper, later bookdealer’s and auction house’s labels and remarks on the first endpaper. Original publisher’s cloth with blindstamped ornamental borders on the boards and lettering on the spine. Cloth rubbed and worn, bindingweak on hinges, but overall a good copy.[With]: [Autograph Letter Signed from Adolphus Washington Greely to Henry Seebohm, Esq.Regarding the Present Edition of Ray’s Report and Colour Plates Presenting Ross’ Gull].Washington, 16 January 1886. Quarto. 2 pp. Brown ink on laid paper with the official heading"Signal Office, War Department, Washington City." Old fold marks, paper soiled, lower margin brownedand with glue residue, tears neatly repaired; overall a good letter.A unique copy of the Report, supplemented with the letter from a renowned American explorerand army officer A.W. Greely (1844-1935) to a British traveller and amateur ornithologist Henry Seebohm(1832-1895) regarding two coloured plates from the book which showed Ross’ Gull and in fact becamethe first definitive depiction of this Arctic bird. Greely sent the present copy of the book to Seebohm withhis letter and pointed his attention to the plates. As noted John Murdoch, the author of the "Natural1723

History" part of the Report, "our expedition succeeded in obtaining a large series of the rare and beautifulbird – more, in fact, than there were before in all the museums of the world put together" (p. 123).In the second part of the letter Greely talks about the report of his own expedition - a notoriousLady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-84) which was undertaken, as well as Lieut. Ray’s, during the FirstInternational Polar Year (1882-83). Due to severe weather conditions and cold winters the US Navyvessels failed to supply the expedition with food for two years, which led to death of the most of itsmembers. Only 7 people including Greely survived, "the rest had succumbed to starvation, hypothermia,and drowning, and one man, Private Henry, had been shot on Greely's order for repeated theft of foodrations The returning survivors were venerated as heroes, though the heroism was tainted bysensational accusations of cannibalism during the remaining days of low food" (Wikipedia). Greely’saccount of the expedition, which he talks about the letter, was published later the same year (Greely, A.Three Years of Arctic Service... New York, 1886. 2 vols.)."The first station forArctic research in Barrow wasestablished for two years ofobservation during the FirstInternational polar Year in1881-1883. In transmitting hisreport to General Hazen at theclose of the mission,Lieutenant (Signal Corps) P.H.Ray (1885) respectfullysuggested that in futureexpedition it should bedesirable to give the leadertime in advance to becomeacquainted with his crew andtheir project. In addition tovaluable geophysical records,17Ray prepared a penetrating description of the ways and culture of the Eskimo people whom he sawbefore their habits had been affected by white contact. He made a winter journey of reconnaissance halfway to the head of Meade River. Sergeant Murdoch prepared the first comprehensive report on the birdsof the Arctic coast. Both reports remain interesting reading for their information and literary quality"(Irving, L. Progress of research in Zoology through the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory// Proceedings ofthe U.S. Naval Arctic Research Laboratory. Dedication Symposium. Vol. 22, No. 3, Sep., 1969. P. 327)."The U.S. Army Signal Corps, on one of 15 expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic during the FirstInternational Polar Year in 1881, began the long research tradition at Barrow when they encamped atwhat is now the location of the Cape Smythe Whaling and Trading Company in Browerville. Led by Lt. P. H.Ray and documented extensively by Sgt. John Murdoch, the expedition spent two years investigating thenorthernmost point of U.S. Territory. Ray led geographic explorations. Murdoch conducted ethnologicalstudies, which resulted in a publication (Murdoch, 1892) that is still a standard reference guide. Theenlisted men tried to dig a hole to find the bottom of the permafrost. This excavation continued until theArmy decamped and resulted in one of the largest ice cellars in Barrow, which is still in use. Laterinvestigators discovered that the permafrost is more than a thousand feet thick at Barrow" (History ofResearch Based in Barrow Region// The Future of an Arctic Resource: Recommendations from the BarrowArea Research Support Workshop. 1999. P. 3).Arctic Bibliography 14292. Henze IV, 554.$1250USD24

18. [HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY]Report from the Select Committee on the Hudson's Bay Company; together with the Proceedingsof the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index [With the 'Plans referred to in the Report']Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 31 July and 11 August 1857 [Plans by 'HenryHansard, Printer'] Two items bound together.London: House of Commons, 1857. FirstEdition. Folio. [iv], xviii, 547, [1] pp. With threelarge hand colored folding lithographed maps.Original navy quarter cloth with original printedpaper spine label and grey papered boards.Extremities slightly frayed and bumped,otherwise a very good copy."An important document containing theevidence of many witnesses on the suitability ofRupert's Land for agricultural settlement" (Peel188). The Committee was convened to consider'the State of those British Possessions in NorthAmerica which are under the Administration ofthe Hudson's Bay Company, or over which theypossess a License to Trade', at the 'nearapproach of the period when the license ofexclusive trade, granted in 1838 for 21 years,to the Hudson's Bay Company over that north-western portion of British America which goes by the nameof the Indian Territories, must expire'. Highly detailed, and containing much first-hand testimony fromnotable figures (J. H. Lefroy; John Rae; Sir George Simpson; William Kernaghan; Sir John Richardson; Rear-Admiral Sir George Back; Edward Ellice). Nineteen appendices, containing transcripts of documents andother material. The HBC's 21-year monopoly, granted in 1838, was running out and pressure for openingits lands to settlement was growing. This report urges restraint in opening up the lands, warning ofcorruption of the Indians and overhunting of the fur supply. TPL 3729.$975USD1819. [IVITTUUT, GREENLAND][Original Pen and Wash Drawing of theTown of Ivittuut in South Greenland].[Ca. 1865]. Drawing matted toapproximately 15x20 cm (6 x 7 ½ in). In a periodgilt trimmed frame. Drawing and frame in verygood condition.Original pen and wash drawing of themining town of Ivittuut (formerly Ivigtut), inSouth Greenland. Contemporary inscriptions onthe back of the frame appear to indicate thatthe drawing is either the basis for, or has beendone after, an 1865 photogravure by ThomasSchniat."The name of the settlement means thegrassy place in Greenlandic. The town has a 51925

kilometer road that connects it to Kangilinnguit. Ivittuut is also the only town in Greenland to have roadsleading to another town.., Ivittuut stands at the site of the Norse Middle Settlement, which is sometimesconsidered part of the Western Settlement. This was the smallest of the three settlements, includingabout 20 farms, and less is known about it than about either of the others, as no written records survive..,In 1806, cryolite was found in the area, with mining operations starting in 1865. The mineral depositswere exhausted by 1987, and the town lost its economic base. It was abandoned soon after" (Wikipedia).$1750USD20. [KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH]KINSEY, Clark & KINSEY, Clarence[Original Photograph] 25 Above Discovery [Claim on] Bonanza [Creek].[Grand Forks, Alaska], 1901. Photograph ca. 27x33 cm (10 ½ x 13 in). Margins with very small chipsand short repaired tear at the top of the image, overall a very good strong image.A very interesting rare large formatimage of about a dozen miners working the"25 Above Discovery" claim, with sluices,flumes, steam point, etc. all in operation.Clark and Clarence Kinsey operated at GrandForks, Alaska for several years, mining andestablishing their studio there 1898-1906.(See Mautz, p. 499)."Bonanza Creek is a watercourse inYukon Territory, Canada. It runs for about 20miles (32 km) from King Solomon's Dome tothe Klondike River. In the last years of the 19 thcentury and the early 20 th century, BonanzaCreek was the center of the Klondike GoldRush, which attracted tens of thousands ofprospectors to the creek and the areasurrounding it. Prior to 1896 the creek was20known as Rabbit Creek. Its name was changedby miners in honor of the millions of dollars in gold found in and around the creek" (Wikipedia).$475USD21. [KRUSENSTERN, Adam Johann von] (1770-1846) andUKHTOMSKY, Andrei Grigorievich (1771-1852)"Grobnitsa Kapitana Klerka v Petropavlovske. Captain Clerkes Grabmal im Hafen St. Peter undPaul" [Captain Clerkes’ Tomb in Petropavlovsk]. Copper engraving from "Atlas k Puteshestviiu VokrugSveta Kapitana Krusensterna" [Atlas to the Travels of Captain Krusenstern Around the World]. Plate №XVIII.Saint Petersburg: Morskaya Typ., 1813. 52x34 cm (20 ½ x 13 ½ in.). Title in Russian and German.Upper margin strengthened, mild water stains on upper and lower margins, otherwise a very good widemargined copy.A plate from the Russian edition of the Atlas of Krusenstern’s circumnavigation in 1803-1806. Thecomplete Atlas is a great rarity with only one copy found in Worldcat, but separate engravings are alsovery rare even in Russia. The Atlas contained 109 engraved plates and was one of the most luxurious26

Russian editions of the beginning of the 19th century, being issued on funds of the Cabinet of the RussianEmperor and costing 15 thousand roubles - a huge sum of money at the time.The engraving depicts the tomb of Charles Clerke (1741-1779), a participant in all three JamesCook’s circumnavigations who after Cook’s death in 1779 took the command of the third expedition andcontinued searching for the Northwest Passage. Clerke is notable for being the author of the first accountof Captain Cook’s death, as his letter to the Admiralty mentioning Cook’s murder on Hawaii and written inKamchatka on June 8, 1779, was first published as a pamphlet in Reval in 1780 (Hawaiian NationalBibliography 18).Clerke died from tuberculosisnot far from Kamchatka and wasburied in Petropavlovsk, next to thegrave of another explorer, Louis Delislede la Croyère (about 1685-1741). Thelatter participated in Vitus Bering’sexpedition to the North Pacific in 1741and as many other expeditionmembers, including Bering himself,died on the hard way back toKamchatka. The sailors fromKrusenstern’s expedition while stayingin Petropavlovsk in September 1805,renewed the tombs constructing awooden pyramid with commemorativeboards above both graves. Krusensterndescribed this event in the account.This plate shows how connected the first explorers of the North Pacific were.The engraving was made from the drawing from life by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (1769-1857), German naturalist and artist who participated in Krusenstern’s expedition. The engraver, AndreyUkhtomsky was a prominent Russian artist, a member of the Russian Academy of Arts (1808), the head ofthe printing house of the Academy, and the curator of the Academy’s library.$2750USD22. [MILLER, N.B.][Original Albumen Panoramic Photograph of Sitka with the Governor's Mansion and RussianOrthodox Church].[Sitka], [ca. 1896]. Photograph 18x48 cm (7 ½ x 19 in). Photograph bisected vertically and mountedon two slightly larger contemporary mounts. Mounts slightly edge worn. Photograph a bit faded, but invery good condition.An attractive, early panoramic photograph of Sitka, Alaska, showing the waterfront including theGovernor's Mansion and St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Church, with mountains in the background. Ayoung fisherman sits in a small boat in the bottom foreground of the image. The Russian OrthodoxCathedral of St. Michael, visible in the right side of the picture, was founded in 1848. The three-storygovernor's residence sits on a hilltop overlooking the harbor, and an American flag flies near it. Smallerone- and two-story structures, including warehouses and homes, are seen along the entire length of thewaterfront. The photograph is unsigned, but is attributed to N.B. Miller.Carl Mautz notes only that N.B. Miller was a (possibly amateur) photographer active in Alert Bay onVancouver Island, circa 1888-89. However, Miller served as the assistant naturalist for the United States2127

Treasury Department Fur Seals Investigations in 1896 in the Pribilof Islands (an island group in the BeringSea). Not simply an amateur, he was a talented photographer, and it seems likely that this photographwas taken while he was doing his work with the fur seals commission in 1896.Sitka was made the capital of Russian America in 1808, and it was the seat of the Americanterritorial government after the transfer of power from Russia to the United States in October, 1867. Sitkaremained the capital of the Alaska Territory until 1908, when the capital was moved to Juneau. See thewebsite of the Univ. of Washington Library, Special Collections "Guide to the Alaska Marine Resourcesand Pribilof Islands Photograph Collection ca. 1896-1909" for further examples of Miller's work. Mautz, p.67 (ref).$975USD2223. [PENDRAY, John Carl] (1879-1961?)[Unsigned Original Oil Painting of West CoastTotem Poles and a Native Village (Queen CharlotteIslands?)].Ca. 1930. Oil on canvas board ca. 49x39 cm (20x 16 in). Reeves & Sons (established 1927) (Canada)Superior Canvas Board). Painting in very goodcondition and framed in the original period white withlight brown trim frame.Annotated on the reverse of the frame:"Painted by Pendray - Bought from Son Directly (earlyPioneer family)." Although no location is specified,the landscape looks very much like the QueenCharlotte Islands. Victoria’s founding Pendray familyhas produced many painters since the late 1800s.Most likely this painting is by John Carl Pendray whowas President of the British America Paint Companyfrom 1913-48. He was also very civic minded andserved four one year terms as mayor of the City ofVictoria from 1924 to 1928. The son referred to in theannotation would thus be John Carl's son Allan whotook over as President of the British America Paint Company from his father in 1948.2328

This attractive and skillfully executed painting is definitely influenced by the work of Emily Carr andso one could say that Pendray was a follower and admirer of Emily Carr's work. Emily Carr is also knownto have painted on the grounds of the Pendray family home. Additionally, the fact that they were Victoriacontemporaries and leading figures of the city, means that they almost certainly knew each otherpersonally (Victoriahistoricalsociety.bc.ca/newsletter09.pdf; winchestergalleriesltd.com/artists).$2750USD24. [RELICS OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN’S LAST EXPEDITION][A Nail from Sir John Ross’ Yacht Mary Found on Beechey Island, [With] an Oak Plank Fragmentfrom Sir John Franklin’s Ship Found on King William Island].Ca. 1840-1850. Weathered crescent-shaped oak ship fragment, ca. 120x40x19 mm, with an arrowhead carved on top. A copper nail, square in section, ca. 65x12 mm, the sharp tip is broken off.According to the letter of provenance attached to the artefacts, they had been offered to theVancouver Maritime Museum some time ago by a relative of a crew member who had served on theRCMP schooner St. Roch. The Museum did not want them as they already had numerous expeditionrelatedartefacts found in the Arctic.24A wooden relic very similar to ours is now in the collection of the National Maritime Museum(Greenwich) supplemented with the following annotation:A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-8 recovered by Charles Francis Hall (1821-71). Afragment of a hardwood block sheave marked with a broad arrow. Possibly from the ship driven ashore atGrant Point. Schwatka was told by the Inuit of the Adelaide Peninsula that they had found a ship near theshore in this area. It was abandoned except for the body of a European. The Inuit removed anything usefuland the vessel subsequently sank. They also reported finding the footprints of the four last crew memberson the shore. Hall was told a similar story except that the ship was said to have sunk near O'Reilly Island.Illustrated in a plate entitled: "Relics found by Captain Hall in his recent Arctic exploring expedition"published in ‘Harper’s weekly’ in 1869 (See: Collections/Polar Equipment and Relics/Franklin relics:http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/2328.html).29

The nail belonged to the yacht Mary which accompanied schooner Felix under command of Sir JohnRoss during his third expedition to the Lancaster Sound and the Beechey Island in search of the Franklin’slost expedition. Similar nail is in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, see: Collections/PolarEquipment and Relics/Franklin relics (http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/2212.html)."Another private search party was funded by public subscribers, with the Hudson’s Bay Companymaking the largest contribution. This group sponsored the aged Sir john Ross, then seventy-two years old,to once again head into the Arctic. Departing from Loch Ryan, Scotland, in May 1850 in the schooner Felix,Ross also took along his own yacht Mary, for use as a tender. Ross left his yacht Mary on the shoresof Beechey Island, in hope it would aid Franklin or other stranded explorers in the future" (Delgado, J.Across the top of the world: the quest for the Northwest Passage. 1999. p. 118, 123)."Sir John Ross depoted his small yacht Mary here [on the Beechey Island] in 1851, in the hope thatit might prove useful to any survivors or else to subsequent search expeditions." In 1858 LeopoldMcClintock "also noted that Ross’s yacht Mary was still in good condition, as were two lifeboats. inApril 1902 Otto Sverdrup sent a three-man party here to inspect the state of supplies left inNorthumberland House and to check on Mary’s seaworthiness. Fram was beset on the south coast ofEllesmere Island, and Sverdrup was considering the possibility of reaching Greenland via Beechey. SinceMary was now a wreck and the storehouse broken into by bears and its supplies spoiled, it was fortunatethat Fram was released later in the year. The remains of shore installations erected by Franklin in1845-1846 may still be seen, as well as the graves of three of his men, the mast and scattered spars ofRoss’s yacht Mary, Pullen’s storehouse, and the memorials erected by Belcher to Lieutenant Joseph-ReneBellot and others dying on his expedition and by McClintock to Franklin" (Beechey Island/ Mills, W.Exploring polar frontiers: A historical encyclopaedia. Vol. 1 A-M. 2003. p. 74-75).$1250USD25. [SAKHALIN INCUNABULA]Сахалинскiй Календарь [Sakhalin Calendar/ Printed under the order of the Sakhalin MilitaryGovernor].Sakhalin: Printed in the typography on the Sakhalin Island,1899. First Edition. Octavo. [2], iii, 149, 176 pp. With 4 lithographedplates. Period style red half morocco with raised bands and gilttooled spine. Six leaves (p. 131-134, 139-142 145-148) with marginsneatly strengthened, but overall a very good strong copy.Very rare and important Sakhalin imprint. The first bookpublished on the island, "Sakhalin Calendar" was issued for 5 years,1895-1899. There are only two copies of single volumes in theworld libraries (Harvard and Yale Universities); all five volumes arein the Russian State Library, while the collection of the RussianNational Library doesn’t have the original of our, fifth volume (onlya photocopy).Our copy is bound without the last article "About hygieniccondition in Sakhalin convict prisons" (supposed to start on p. 177,with four plates). However, not all copies have this last article as itwas perhaps suppressed. Thus, the copy the collection of the mainSakhalin library is identical to the present copy (Sakhalin ProvincialUniversal Scientific Library, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk).2530

"The ‘Sakhalin Calendars’ became the first books published on Sakhalin. They were printed in 1895-1899 in the typography of the police direction of the Alexandrovsky post (now Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky)with permission of the Sakhalin military commander Vladimir Dmitrievich Merkazin (1834-1903). Thecalendars contained Orthodox Christian, Catholic and other calendars, official documents and orders,statistical information, scientific and journalistic articles of local intelligentsia and political exiles"(Sakhalin Provincial Universal Scientific Library on-line).The editor of all the issues was the head of the Sakhalin medical administration Doctor V.Stsepensky; among the contributors were the exiled ethnographers L. Stenberg (1861-1927) and B.Piłsudski (1866-1918), a revolutionary and a father of Russian poet Daniil Kharms I. Yuvachev (Miroliubov)(1860-1940), doctor N. Kirilov (1860-1921), exiled revolutionary B. Ellinsky (1872-1942) and others.25As the editorial to the Calendar for 1898 noted, "to be honest, it is very, very difficult to publish the‘Sakhalin Calendar.’ A very small group of people, real old-residents of the island who work on thisproject, would have most likely given it up, if recently numerous newspapers didn’t publish articles aboutSakhalin which remind them of the stories of the ancient Phoenicians about their travels to legendarycountries Sakhalin for the mother country is terra incognita - write what you want (it happens moreand more in the recent years) – people will believe everything. To give the opportunity to everyoneinterested in Sakhalin to separate the wheat from the chuff, a handful of the mentioned above oldresidents is working with the goal to spread the truth about the island."Our issue of the calendar for 1899 contains a list of all officers and associates of civil and militaryadministration of Sakhalin, information about Sakhalin state, civil and education institutions (churches,hospitals, schools, asylums, libraries, meteorological stations, penitentiaries, post); population, localtroops; agriculture, industry, private enterprises and joint-stock companies, ships which visited Sakhalin in1897; charity et al.Very important is one of the earliest reports of the first Sakhalin museum which was founded inAlexandrovsky post in 1896 (now Sakhalin State Provincial Museum of Local History, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk).The report compiled by the museum director Pogaevsky, encloses museum activities from January 1st1898 to January 1st 1899, including notes on new acquisitions (stuffed bears and a fox, a model of aJapanese warrior etc.) and a visit to the museum of Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929), an officer ofthe Imperial German Navy and commander of the East Asia Squadron in 1899-1903.The second part of the ‘Calendar’ contains extent articles about the climate of the SouthernSakhalin (by N. Kirilov); an overview of the care after suffering from mental sickness on Sakhalin in 1897-31

98 (based on the official data, by L. Landau); "About the routes of the Korsakov district" (by N. Kirilov);"Food of the Sakhalin Gilyaks (from the local museum)"; "Analysis of the weather of the Alexandrovskypost on Sakhalin for 1898 (from the report of Alexandrovsky meteorological station)."$2500USD26. [SKIDGATE, B.C.][Original Photograph of (from verso)]: Chief Nangsmwas Lodge, Skidgate in Which the FirstService was held by Archdeacon Collison (1847-1922), in 1877. Queen Charlottes Islands.[Skidgate B.C.], [ca. 1880]. Image ca. 18x22 cm (7 ½ x 9 in) Matted and mounted on slightly largercard, a very good strong unfaded image.A vivid and interesting image showing native buildings, each with totem poles and three native menand a European man, possibly Collison)."William Henry Collison (1847-1922), alsoknown as W. H. Collison, was an Anglicanmissionary among First Nations people in coastalBritish Columbia, Canada In 1873 he married Marion M. Goodwinand was sent the same year by the Church ofEngland's Church Missionary Society (CMS) toMetlakatla, British Columbia, to assist WilliamDuncan in converting the Tsimshian people.Marion Collison became the first white womanresident in that community and their first childwas the first white child born there. But Collisoncame into fierce conflict with Duncan overDuncan's moves to establish his mission there asan independent church out of the control of theCMS.In 1876 he became the first missionary to work among the Haida people on the nearby QueenCharlotte Islands. He was ordained at Metlakatla in 1879. In 1881 he began work among the Gitxsan, upthe Skeena River from the Tsimshian. He founded the first mission at Hazelton, B.C., in Gitksan territory.In 1891 he became Archdeacon of Metlakatla, from which Duncan had departed to found his newcommunity of "New" Metlakatla, Alaska, taking most of the inhabitants of the village with him. From 1893to 1894 Collison served as Secretary for the CMS's northern B.C. Mission. In the early 1890s he and hisfamily moved to Kincolith, a Nisga'a village on the Nass River in northern B.C., founded as an Anglicanmission by the medical missionary Robert Tomlinson. Collison remained there until his death on January23, 1922.Collison is best remembered for his vivid 1915 memoir In the Wake of the War Canoe, whichcontains numerous ethnological insights, including information on the nearly extinct Tsetsaut people,remnants of whom lived at Kincolith..,Skidegate is a Haida community in Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) in BritishColumbia, Canada. It is located on the southeast coast of Graham Island, the largest island in thearchipelago, and is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of mainland British Columbia across HecateStrait. Skidegate is also the northern terminal for the BC Ferries service between Graham Island andAlliford Bay on Moresby Island. Skidegate was so named in the early 19 th century, after its chief, accordingto tradition. The community was a hub for the trade of otter furs" (Wikipedia).$475USD2632

27. [UMBERTO NOBILE RESCUE EXPEDITION, 1928]PALLIN, Hugo Nikolaus (1880-1953)[Album with 288 Original Photographs of Pallin’s Svalbard Expedition 1928 as Part of UmbertoNobile International Rescue Expedition; With Another Album of 232 Original Photographs of Pallin’sBackcountry Skiing and Mountaineering Trip from the Arctic to Kattegat Sea Area].Two albums, both ca. 1928. Oblong Folio (ca. 20x31 cm). 37 and 31 leaves. Albums 288 and 232photographs (with three photographs in duplicate), each ca. 7x11,5 cm (2 ¾ x 4 ½ in) or slightly smaller,mounted on stiff cardboard leaves. Ca. 90 images (in both albums) with period pencil captions and noteson verso in French and Swedish; many with the ink stamp "Bennos. Drottninggatam 15." Both albums inperiod imitation leather, and in very good condition, with bright, strong images.27. Hugo Pallin with Titina 'di Nobile' on board Citta di MilanoThe first album contains the first-hand photographic account of the international rescue operationafter the crash of Umberto Nobile’s airship "Italia" on Nodhauslandet, the eastern part of SvalbardArchipelago, on May 25, 1928. "Italia" was in the middle of the second series of flights over the NorthPole, but due to weather conditions and navigation mistakes in bad weather, the airship crashed on thepack ice with only 9 members of the crew and Nobile’s fox terrier Titina (expedition’s mascot) survivingthe crash. The rescue operation which included planes and ships from Denmark, Finland, France, Italy,Norway, Sweden, USA and USSR started in the beginning of June and finished on July 14, 1928, the lastsurvivors having spent 48 days on the ice flow.Hugo Pallin was a part of the Swedish rescue team and arrived in Svalbard on the seal fishery vesselQuest which we can see on several photographs. Most pictures are dated with July 1928 and shownumerous views of rescue planes and vessels from different countries, a part of them (identified) as:Swedish: Floatplane / ski biplane de Havilland 60 Moth S-AABN; Floatplane monoplane HansaBrandenburg (Heinkel HE 5) "257"; Floatplane monoplane Junkers G 24 "Uppland" S-AABG; Ski monoplaneKlemm-Daimler L.20 D-1357 (from Germany); Seal fishery vessel Quest; Freighter S/S Tanja.Norwegian: seal fishery vessel Braganza under Norwegian flag.Finnish: floatplane / ski aircraft Junkers F 13 "Turku" K-SALG (from Aero OY / Finnair).Soviet: icebreaker Krasin (4);Italian: flying boat Savoia-Marchetti S.55 I-SAAT "Santa Maria" (from Italian Air Force); cable shipCitta di Milano.33

Portraits of the members of therescue teams include several pictures of afamous pilot Einar Lundborg (1896-1931)who rescued Nobile from the ice (salutingand posing); Lieut. Shyberg (pilot of SwedishS-AABN), Lieut. Rosensvaerd; members ofthe Italian dog sledge team captain Soraand Dutchman van Dongen; captain ofKrasin Carl Eggi and many others (overallover 30 close-up portraits). Quite a fewpictures show Pallin himself and his teammember, devoted Swedish mountaineerand photographer Borg Mesch (1869-1956)with his son Halvard. Curiously, eightimages show Nobile’s dog Titina on boardCitta di Milano, including three images ofPallin with her on his hands.Interesting shots include a picture ofa young man putting wooden sledges on aships’ deck, the sledges inscribed "Gen.Nobile." There are also many views ofSvalbard landscapes: Hinlopenstretet,Murchinson Bay, Kings bay and Ny-Ålesund(the latter with pictures of a hangarconstruction and a railroad leading to thedock).An excellent collection withnumerous images from the Golden Age ofAviation.The second album documents Pallin’swinter backcountry skiing andmountaineering trip to the Scandinavianmountains, most likely a part of his travelfrom the Arctic to Kattegat (1927-28). Hewent through the central Swedish provincesof Jämtland, Dalarna (Dalécarlie) andVärmland, and finished his trip in Oslowhere he arrived through the NorwegianHedmark county. The photographs includenumerous views of lakes Rogen, Torron ansKall, villages Ljungdalen and Funäsdalen,tourist station Volodalen, (all in Jämtland);Mt. Fulufjället (1,044 m.) and Njupeskärwaterfall (93 m., the highest in Sweden;both Dalarna); Finnskoga (Värmland),Kongsvinger, Skaaret and Frogner (Norway)et al. Interesting shots include portraits ofSaami people and local peasants with27. Swedish rescue plane Hansa Brandenburg(Heinkel HE 5) '257'27. Pilots, including Einar Lunborgon board Quest27. Rescue ships including icebreakerKrasin and Braganza34

scenes of everyday life (logging, skiing; portrait of groups of children), a view of a "Lapland" school with ateacher, interior of a Swedish peasant house, several pictures of a military regiment on skis et al.Especially interesting is a series of ca. 14 shots of bridges, apparently taken by Pallin out of hisprofessional interest as an engineer. The album also contains several portraits of Hugo Pallin himself,posing on top of Fulufjället mountain, on a backcountry ski trail, and at the shore of Skagerrak Strait (inOslo) in the end of the expedition.$8750USD28. [UNION OF VANCOUVER ISLAND AND B.C., 1866][Leaflet Titled]: Despatches [A letter dated 12 December 1865 from Governor Kennedy to theLegislative Assembly enclosing despatches concerning crown lands].Victoria, [1865]. 4 pp. On a folded folio leaf (ca. 27,5x35,5 cm or 10 ½ x 13 ¾ inches). Printed indouble-columns. Signed by J.D. Pemberton (brown ink, in the right upper corner). Near fine, clean copy.A very rare leaflet as no copieslocated in Worldcat. Most likely the copywhich belonged to Joseph DespardPemberton (1821-1893), Surveyor Generalof the Colony of Vancouver Island at thetime. The document contains severaldespatches from the Governor ofVancouver Island Arthur Edward Kennedy(1809-1883), J.D. Pemberton himself,attorney general of the Vancouver IslandGeorge Hunter Cary (1832-1866), andacting surveyor general of VancouverIsland Benjamin William Pearse (1832-1902)regarding surveys of the lands of the Hudson’s Bay Company and other proprietors, in order to facilitateterms of the Union of the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. Lowther 261.$1250USD29. [VANCOUVER B.C.: EARLY VIEWS AND PANORAMAS]Vancouver, British Columbia, Western Terminus Canadian Pacific Railway. ComplimentsVancouver Real Estate Board. Supplement to the Morning Oregonian.Portland: A. Anderson and Co., [1888]. Wood engravings on a large double-sided sheet ca. 54x71,5cm (21 ¼ x 28 in), printed both sides and folded into 16 panels. With 16 engraved views, including threepanoramas. Most views after engravings made by Moss Eng. Co, N.Y. (drawn by J.T. Pickett), several viewsof buildings - after photographs by Mr. Sidney Williams. Weak on folds, some splits along folds neatlyrepaired, overall in very good condition.Early views of Vancouver produced just after the city began to rebuild after the great fire of 1886. Itis charmingly noted that: "Population 1885 - 0000, Population 1888 - 7000." The views of Vancouver andsurrounding scenery include panoramas looking from the harbour, from the south, from Point East, CPRhotel "Vancouver," from the Leland House and "Outside the Heads." There are also images of thebuildings of the Leland House, CPR hotel "Vancouver," offices of Vancouver real estate agents (the WilsonBlock of Rand bros; R.G. Tatlow & Co, Ross & Ceperley), bankers (Bewicke & Wulffsohn), City Foundry andmachine works, a view of the proposed building of the Opera House, as well as a picture of exterior andinterior (Saloon) of the Steamship "Premier" (Canadian Pacific Navigation Co.).2835

"The City of Vancouver was incorporatedon April 6, 1886, the same year that the firsttranscontinental train arrived. CPR presidentWilliam Van Horne arrived in Port Moody toestablish the CPR terminus recommended byHenry John Cambie, and gave the city its namein honour of George Vancouver. The GreatVancouver Fire on June 13, 1886, razed theentire city. The Vancouver Fire Department wasestablished that year and the city quicklyrebuilt. Vancouver's population grew from asettlement of 1,000 people in 1881 to over20,000 by the turn of the century" (Wikipedia).Not in Vancouver CentennialBibliography (Vancouver, 1986, 4 vols.), not inLowther. No copies in Worldcat. Extremely Rare.$2250USD2930. [VANCOUVER, B.C.][Two Original Photographs of Downtown Vancouver: East End Looking East & Cambie StreetLooking North].Vancouver, ca. 1895. Each image ca. 15x20 cm (6 x 8 in) Images matted and mounted on slightlylarger card. Images mildly faded but otherwise in a very good condition.Two early interesting images of Vancouver in the early to mid 1890's.Vancouver "was incorporated on April 6, 1886. Three months later, on June 13, a spectacular blazedestroyed most of the city along the swampy shores of Burrard Inlet in twenty-five minutes. The GreatVancouver Fire, which destroyed the city, was eventually considered to be beneficial, as the city wasrebuilt with modern water, electricity and streetcar systems.Things recovered quickly after the fire, although celebratory Dominion Day festivities to launch theopening of the CPR were postponed a year as a result. The first regular transcontinental train fromMontreal arrived at a temporary terminus at Port Moody, in July 1886, and service to Vancouver itselfbegan in May 1887. That year Vancouver's population was 5,000, by 1892 it reached 15,000 and by 1900it was 100,000" (Wikipedia).$975USD3036

31. [VERY RARE B.C. INCUNABULA][EARLY REGISTRATION OF REAL ESTATE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA] [Broadside Titled]: An Act forEstablishing a Registry of Deeds.[Victoria B.C.], [1858]. Folio (ca. 35,5x21,5 cm or 14 x 8 ½ in). Light blue paper. A couple of verysmall tears on the edges, otherwise a very good copy.Very Rare B.C. Incunabula with no copy located in Worldcat. This broadside establishes the"Registry of Deeds and other instruments affecting Real Property"; which purpose was "to simplify theconveyance of Land and other Real Property," to provide "the valid execution of Deeds, Acts ofInstruments"; "and for the due recording of all Wills or Testaments" regarding "any Estate in Land orother Real Property."Most likely a preliminary version of theCouncil Bill which finally established the Registryin 1859. Clearly a draft, since the printing is ratherpoor and a blank space has been left at one place,and no royal seal is printed at the top of the text.The Minutes of the Council note the introductionby Douglas of this item for consideration at itsmeeting on Dec. 1st, 1858, so quite likely it wasprinted before that time. The importance of thislegislation relegated it to discussion at councilmeetings for several months while variousopinions as to its legality, etc., were sought.31Unrecorded.$875USD32. [VICTORIA AND ESQUIMALT RAILWAY COMPANY][Broadside Titled]: An Act to Authorize the Victoria and Esquimalt Railway Company Limited toMake a Railway from Esquimalt to Victoria.Victoria B.C., 1862. One page on a folded double folio leaf (ca. 35,5x42,5 cm or 14 x 17 in).Pale bluepaper. A fine copy.Very rare broadside with Worldcat onlylocating a copy at UBC. This is a draft of an act fora railway between Victoria and Esquimalt whichmost likely hadn’t been accepted; unlisted in theofficial set of Acts. According to the document,"the Victoria and Esquimalt Railway CompanyLimited was duly registered on the 21st day ofNovember, 1862" with the goal of "making of aLine of Railway between Victoria and Esquimalt,and the conveyance of passengers and goodsbetween Esquimalt and Victoria."The Company will commit to "make andcomplete the permanent way of the said line within two years from the passage of this Act,unless hindered by the dangers of the sea or other unavoidable casualty." In case of approval, the Act"may be sited as the Victoria and Esquimalt Railway Act, 1862."$850USD3237

33. [VICTORIA, B.C.][Two Lithographs Views of Victoria B.C.:] "View ofVictoria" & "A Street in Victoria."London: Clayton & Co., 1865. Printed images ca. 11x18cm (4 ½ x 7 in). Two lithographs matted in one, bothlithographs in fine condition.The two lithographs are from Thomas Rawlings’ "TheConfederation of the British North American Provinces; TheirPast History and Future Prospects; including also BritishColumbia & Hudson's Bay Territory; with a Map andSuggestions in Reference to the True and Only PracticableRoute from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean" (London:Sampson, Low, Son, and Marston, 1865). The view of "A Streetin Victoria" is of Wharf Street."With the discovery of gold on the British Columbiamainland in 1855, Victoria became the port, supply base, andoutfitting centre for miners on their way to the Fraser Canyongold fields, mushrooming from a population of 300 to over5000 literally within a few days. Victoria was incorporated as acity in 1862. In 1865, Esquimalt was made the North Pacifichome of the Royal Navy, and remains Canada's west coast navalbase" (Wikipedia).$475USD3334. [WESTERN CANADA – U.S. BOUNDARY SURVEY]Joint Maps of the Northern Boundary of the United States, From The Lake of the Woods to theSummit of the Rocky Mountains. U.S. Northern Boundary Commission, Archibald Campbell, W.J.Twining, D.R. Cameron, S. Anderson.Washington: Government Printing Office,1878. First Edition. Elephant Folio. 26 leavesincluding a pictorial title, index map leaf, 24 leavesof maps numbered I to XXIV showing the U.S.-Canada boundary line as it was established by theJoint Commission (each sheet 40,2 x 59 cm).Publishers' original green blind stamped and gilttitled (on front cover) cloth portfolio with silk ties.With a paper label on front cover, gilt mildly faded,covers slightly dusty, one silk tie missing, otherwisea very good copy."The very scarce atlas printed to accompanythe Reports upon the Survey of the Boundarybetween the Territory of the United States and the34Possessions of Great Britain, which was issued as a United States Senate document. The survey wasconducted by Archibald Campbell, Commissioner, and W.J. Twining, Captain of Engineers, United StatesArmy, Chief Astronomer, and for Her Majesty’s North American Boundary Commission, Major D.R.Cameron, Commissioner, and Captain S. Anderson of the Royal Engineers, Chief Astronomer" (Howell);Phillips Atlases 1264.$1750USD38

35. BAILEY BROS. PHOTO[Original Photograph of] Pioneer "S.S. Beaver" First Steamboat on the Pacific Having RoundedCape Horn in 1835 ["S.S. Beaver" on the Rocks at Prospect Point in Vancouver's Stanley Park, where SheWent Aground on 25 July 1888].Vancouver B.C., [ca. 1888]. Image ca. 17x24 cm (7 ½ x 9 ½ in) Matted and mounted on slightlylarger card, a very good strong unfaded image.Bailey Bros. Inventory # X 735, the City of Vancouver Archives hold a copy of exactly the sameimage."Beaver was the first steamship to operate in the Pacific Northwest of North America. She maderemote parts of the west coast of Canada accessible for maritime fur trading and was chartered by theRoyal Navy for surveying the coastline of British Columbia.Beaver was built in London ofBritish oak, elm, greenheart and teak,and was copper fastened and sheathed.Her length was 101 feet (31 m), and thebeam over her paddle boxes was 33feet (10 m). She was launched atBlackwall Yard on 9 May 1835 and leftLondon on 29 August under thecommand of Captain David Home, andwith the company's barque, Columbia,built at the same time and commandedby Captain Darby. Beaver was outfittedas a brig for the passage out, paddlesunshipped, and came out via Cape Hornunder sail alone. After calling at JuanFernandez and Honolulu, she arrived offthe Columbia River on 18 March 1836and anchored off Fort Vancouver on 10 April.Here the paddles were shipped and boilers and engines connected. Beaver was used to service tradingposts maintained by the Hudson's Bay Company between the Columbia River and Russian America(Alaska) and played an important role in helping maintain British control in British Columbia during theFraser Canyon Gold Rush of 1858-59. In 1862 she was chartered by the Royal Navy to survey and chart thecoast of the Colony of British Columbia. She also provided assistance to the Royal Navy at Bute Inletduring the Chilcotin War.Initially she had a rectangular boiler, generating steam pressure at under 3 psi, and was fed byseawater. Boulton and Watt engines are not pressure engines, rather they are vacuum engines. [Saltwater feed was common in the early days and could be done with low pressure and frequent boilerblowdowns to prevent salt scale build up on the plates]. The salt water played havoc with the boilers asthe salinity rusted the wall thickness of the boiler which would rot out. The Beaver had to have a newboiler every seven years or so and went through multiple installations over her career. Over time theboiler pressure was upped, and the large 42 inch cylinders were replaced with 36 inch diameter ones.The Beaver played roles in the establishment of coal mines at Fort Rupert, and later in 1853,Nanaimo. The Beaver helped the Hudson's Bay Company establish Fort Victoria as a post in 1843. It wouldalso ferry dignitaries like the Governor back and forth between the two colonies of New Caledonia.In her later life the Beaver burned coal and would hire young Natives of the Squamish nation towork the holds as coal passers. She was finally sold by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1874. She waspurchased by a consortium that became the British Columbia Towing and Transportation Company in3935

1874 and was used as a towboat until 25 July 1888 when, due to an inebriated crew, she went aground onrocks at Prospect Point in Vancouver's Stanley Park. The wreck finally sank in July 1892 from the wake ofthe passing steamer Yosemite, and only after enterprising locals had stripped much of the wreck forsouvenirs. The Vancouver Maritime Museum houses a collection of Beaver remnants. The site of thesinking has been commemorated with a plaque" (Wikipedia); Mautz p.56.$475USD36. BELCHER, Edward, Sir (1799-1877)Narrative of a Voyage Round the World Performed in her Majesty's Ship Sulphur, during theyears 1836-1842. Including Details of the Naval Operations in China, from Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841.Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.London: Henry Colburn, 1843. First Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. xxii, 387, [8]; vi, 474 pp. With nineteenengraved plates, three folding maps, and numerous engraved vignettes. Original publisher's blue blindstamped gilt cloth. Two additional gilt lines added to spines, plates mildly foxed, otherwise a very good set.36"Captain Belcher's observations include a comparison of present conditions in Honolulu with thoseobserved during 1826 and 1827, when he had visited Hawaii as a member of Captain Beechey's voyage onHMS Blossom" (Hawaiian National Bibliography 2, 1377). "The voyage was intended for the explorationand survey of the Pacific Coast of North and South America and the Pacific basin. The various harborsalong the coast of California and northwest to Alaska were surveyed, and a month's journey in open boatswas made up the Sacramento River from San Francisco Bay. The Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesas, theSociety Islands, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, etc., werevisited" (Hill 102)."The Treaty of Chuenpi, signed on 20.1.41, ceded the island of Hong Kong to the British, and threedays later Belcher was ordered to the colony to carry out a survey" (Howgego 1800-1850, B25). "Belcherand /or Kellett visited several points in Alaska, including Kodiak Island, Port Etches, Port Mulgrave,Montague Island, Sitka, etc. At Montague Island they were visited by the Russians, who had a settlementthere; during Captain's Belcher's two visits to Sitka he met the Russian Governor, Captain Koupreanoff,and his wife, who received him most courteously" (Lada-Mocarski 117)."In November 1836 [Belcher] was appointed to the Sulphur, a surveying ship, then on the westcoast of South America, from which Captain Beechey had been obliged to invalid out. During the next40

three years the Sulphur was employed on the west coast of both North and South America, and at theend of 1839 received orders to return to England by the western route. After visiting several of the islandgroups in the south Pacific and making such observations as time permitted, Belcher arrived at Singaporein October 1840, where he was ordered back to China, because of the war there; during the followingyear he was actively engaged, especially in operations in the Canton River. The Sulphur finally arrived inEngland in July 1842, after a commission of nearly seven years. Belcher had already been advanced topost rank (6 May 1841) and was made a CB (14 October 1841); in January 1843 he was made a knight, andthat year published his Narrative of a Voyage Round the World Performed in H.M.S. Sulphur during theYears 1836-42 (2 vols.)" (Oxford DNB); Sabin 4390.$1950USD37. BELCHER, Edward, Sir (1799-1877)The Last of the Arctic Voyages; Being a Narrative of the Expedition in H. M. S. Assistance, inSearch of Sir John Franklin, During the Years 1852-53-54 with Notes on the Natural History by Sir JohnRichardson..,London: Lovell Reeve, 1855. First Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. xx, 383; vii, 419 pp. With 36 plates (twelvecolor lithographed plates) and four maps and charts (three folding). Original publisher's navy patternedblind stamped gilt cloth and housed in a custom made matching navy cloth slip case. Recased and withHistorical Society blind stamps on titles, plates and maps, otherwise a very good copy."This expedition penetrated upWellington Channel to the extreme limits ofnavigation. No claim is made by CaptainBelcher in his narrative to a solution of thefate of Sir John Franklin or of the NorthwestPassage to the Pacific, but regarding thelatter he says: "the continuous frozen sea,traced by the officers under my command,in 1853, proves a water communicationthrough Wellington Channel, round Parryislands, to the position attained by CaptainM'Clure, and.., in 1854 our sledge partieshad penetrated to the southern extreme ofPrince of Wales Strait, perfecting thelabours of Dease and Simpson." This wasBelcher's last active service. He became Admiral in 1872" (Hill 106)."In 1852 [he] was appointed to command an Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. Theappointment was unfortunate; for Belcher, though an able and experienced surveyor, had alreadydemonstrated that he had neither the temper nor the tact necessary for a commanding officer undercircumstances of peculiar difficulty. Despite his abilities, Belcher evidently inspired strong personal dislikeamong his superiors and his subordinates, and the customary exercise of his authority did not make Arcticservice less trying. His expedition is distinguished from all other Arctic expeditions as the one in which thecommanding officer showed an undue haste to abandon his ships when in difficulties, and in which one ofthe ships so abandoned rescued herself from the ice, and was picked up floating freely in the openAtlantic. Belcher's account, published in 1855 under the extravagant title of The Last of the Arctic Voyages(2 vols.), may be compared with the description of the abandonment of the Resolute by Admiral SherardOsborn in his Discovery of a North-West Passage (4th ed, 1865, 262-6). Belcher was never employedagain" (Oxford DNB); Abbey Travel 645; Arctic Bibliography 1241; Howgego 1800-1850, B25; Sabin 4389.$3250USD4137

38. BELCHER, Edward, Sir (1799-1877)[Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Dear Sir’ Regarding Frank Marryat’s Account of his Voyage on HMSSamarang in 1843-46 under Belcher’s command].London Harley St.: 18 January, 1848. 3 pp. On a folded octavo leaf (19x24 cm). Brown ink on bluepaper. Mild fold marks, traces of paper on the fourth page as the letter had been attached to a book or asheet of paper, otherwise a very good letter.A wrathful letter by Edward Belcher which was obviously areaction to a recently published book by Francis Samuel Marryat(1826-1855) "Borneo and the Indian Archipelago" (London,1848). The book was based on Marryat’s experiences as amidshipman on HMS Samarang, which in 1843-46, underBelcher’s command was making a survey of the coast of China,South-East Asia and Indonesia, Singapore, Borneo, thePhilippines, Taiwan, Moluccas etc. Belcher’s own account of thevoyage was also published in 1848: "Narrative of the Voyage ofH.M.S. Samarang" (London, 2 vols.).Most likely, Belcher was enraged with Marryat’scomments about his behavior and treatment of the crew, forexample with notes about Mr. Heard, "our late first lieutenant,who had left our ship, in consequence of the treatment hereceived from the captain"; Mr. Wade who also was a firstlieutenant and "also left us, not being able to put up with thetreatment he received"; lieutenant Inglefield "who joined theship as assistant-surveyor and after having had a reportspread against him that he was mad, he determined to leave theship, and appointed his Admiralty discharge" (see: Marryat.Borneo... P. 191). Marryat recounted the court-martial whichwas assembled to inquire into the conduct of Lieutenant Heard, but was subsequently "dissolved."Marryat made a clear hint, that it was Belcher who was to be condemned in the problems on board of theSamarang: "Had the court-martial proceeded, what would in prove? – that a superior officer had beenguilty of slander, and had attempted by this means to ruin a most excellent officer" (Idem. P. 192).Belcher was obviously very irritated with these statements, especially considering the young age ofMarryat who was just 19-20 when his book was published. In the letter Belcher talks about "Mr. Marryat’seffusion," his "mutinous feelings" and asks: "Is the language that of a gentleman? If any of the acts whichhe attributed to his superiors has a shadow of foundation why is he supported by the present highmindedBoard of Admty? If Lieut. Heard was as spotless as described why has he not been supported -promoted?"Belcher mentions "good officers on board whounfortunately died - two Lieutenants - Baugh andRobertson who could & would have denied everythingstated" (One of them was lieutenant Henry WilliamBaugh (died 31 Jan 1846) who "from the followingDecember [1842] until 1845 appears to have beenemployed in the East Indies on board the Samarangsurveying vessel, Capt. Sir Edw. Belcher". (See: O’Burne,W. A Naval Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1. A-M. London,1849. p. 56). He also says that he has "a document toprove the falsehood of every assertion that touches my character."423838. Belcher’s signature

The letter illustrated the fact, that "during his career, Belcher was one of the most controversialfigures in the Royal Navy. As an officer he had many desirable attributes: scientific curiosity, technicalcompetence, inventiveness, physical energy, and sometimes reckless bravery. However, he suffered froman irritable, quarrelsome, and hypercritical nature which made relations with superiors and subordinatesalike extremely difficult. Although he was in many ways a capable officer, his record remains blighted byhis ignominious failure as commander in chief of the Franklin search expedition, an appointment whichhas been described as "unfortunate" since Belcher’s temperament did not enable him to function as thesituation demanded" (Dictionary of Canadian Biography on-line).$2500USD39. BELLOT, J[oseph] R[ene] (1826-1853)Voyage aux Mers Polaires a la Recherche de Sir John Franklin avec une Introduction par M. PaulBoiteau.Nouvelle Edition, illustre par M. Ad. Beaune [Voyage to the Polar Seas in Search of Sir JohnFranklin with an Introduction by Mr. Paul Boiteau, Ilustrated by Mr. Ad. Beaune].Paris: Garnier Freres, 1880. Limited New Edition # 19 of 25 on Chinese paper. Quarto. lix, 492 pp.With a wood engraved frontispiece and wood engraved title vignette and many other wood engravings onplates and in text and a folding map. Publishers' original beige pictorial printed wrappers. Covers withsome small marginal tears and spine with some chipping of head and foot, otherwise a very good copy."Account of the second voyage ofthe Prince Albert, outfitted and dispatchedby Lady Franklin under command of Capt.William Kennedy. Describes the voyage toPrince Regent Inlet, establishment of abase in Batty Bay, Somerset Island;overland trips around the island in PeelSound region and eastern Prince of WalesIsland; Discovery of Bellot Strait. Includesthroughout, observations on the ice,animals, and birds seen at sea, the physicalfeatures of the country and the climate,with notes on the Eskimos of WestGreenland and the Canadian ArcticIslands"(Arctic Bibliography 1304 (FirstEdition)). "In February 1852, Kennedy and39Bellot set out from their winter quartersin Batty Bay on a dog sledging journey, travelling south toBrentford Bay, where they discovered Bellot Strait (a straitbetween Boothia Felix and Somerset Island). They thencontinued west to cross Prince of Wales Island toOmmanney Bay, returning to Batty Bay via Peel Sound andCape Walker – a total trek of 1,800 km" (Wikipedia).39$1250USD40. BROWNE, W. H.Two Tinted Lithographs: "The Bivouac (Cape Seppings)," & "The Sledges Arriving at the SouthernDepot" Taken from: [Ten Coloured Views taken during the Arctic Expedition of Her Majesty's Ships"Enterprise" and "Investigator," under the command of Captain Sir James C. Ross. With a summary of43

the various Arctic Expeditions in Search of Captain Sir John Franklin, and his Companions in H.M. Ships"Erebus" and "Terror"].London: Ackermann & Co., 1850. Two tinted lithographs ca. 19x24 cm (7 ½ x 9 ½ in) & 27x18 cm (10½ x 7 in). Matted near fine tinted lithographs.Two tinted lithographs from the account of one of the first Franklin search expeditions."Theprincipal of these expeditions was that under Sir James Clark Ross, and was commissioned to follow asclosely as possible the supposed track of Sir John Franklin. It consisted of H.M.S. Enterprise ... and H.M.S.Investigator" (Browne: Summary, p. 6). Browne served on board the Enterprise and, in addition toproducing these views, led one of the four search parties during the spring of 1849. Beset by ice offSomerset Island, Browne made an eight day sledge journey in search of clues to Franklin's disappearance.Abbey Travel 637: Plates #'s 3 & 5.$750USD41. CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE, l'Abbe Jean (1722-1769)Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du roi en 1761; contenant les moeurs, les usages des Russes, etl'etat actuel de cette puissance; la description géographique & le nivellement de la route de Paris àTobolsk; l'histoire naturelle de la même route; des observations astronomiques, & des expériences surl'électricité naturelle: enrichi de cartes géographiques, de plans, de profils du terrein; de gravures quireprésentent les usages des Russes, leurs moeurs, leurs habillements, les divinités des Calmouks, &plusieurs morceaux d'histoire naturelle. Par M. l'abbé Chappe d'Auteroche[A Journey into Siberia,made by order of the King of France... containing an Account of the Manners and Customs of theRussians, the Present State of Their Empire: with the Natural History, and Geographical Description ofTheir Country, the Level of the Road from Paris to Tobolsky] [With] Contenant la Description duKamtchatka ... Par M. Kracheninnikov. [The History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, with thecountries adjacent].Paris: Debure, 1768. First Edition. Text: 2 vols. in 3 (Small Folio) & Elephant Folio Atlas. [iv], xxx, [ii],347; [iv], 347-777; xvi, 627, [i], [ii], [ii]. Engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved maps, 53 engraved plates, somefolding, 1 engraved table, and engraved title vignettes, after Moreau le Jeune and Le Prince; atlas volumewith engraved frontispiece index and 30 engraved maps, many folding, some hand-coloured in outline. The4044

text volume in period brown elaborately gilt tooled mottled full calf with maroon gilt morocco labels andatlas in period green gilt titled full vellum. Atlas with some mild foxing, otherwise a very good set in veryoriginal condition.This work has "splendid and accurate engravings and.., [gives a] powerful description of mannersand character" (Cox I p.352). "This work deserves attention for its attractive and accurate engravings, andfor its forthright and sometimes provocative descriptions of Russian manners and character. Certain ofthese descriptions inspired the publication of an indignant rebuttal, sometimes attributed to Catherinethe Great. Chappe d'Auteroche was a French priest and astronomer, who travelled to Siberia to observethe transit of Venus in 1761. The present work includes meteorological observations, descriptions of theclimate, animals, birds, and insects, notes on the iron ore, copper, and gold mines, etc. Chapped'Auteroche's translation of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov's description of Kamchatka from the firstRussian edition of 1755.., His translation of Krasheninnikov's Kamchatka contains considerable materialon Alaska and the northwest coast of America" (Hill 277).41"In 1761, by the order of the king of France, and by arrangement with Catherine II, he undertook anexpedition into Siberia to observe the transit of Venus. From Paris he reached St. Petersburg, thensledged to Tobolsk, where in June 1761 the transit was duly observed. The expedition carried out a largenumber of scientific measurements en route, and reported on the geography of the region and thecustoms of its inhabitants" (Howgego C101).$22,500USD42. CHARCOT, Jean-Baptiste (1867-1936)[CHARCOT’S LAST EXPEDITION 1934-1936] Autograph Letter Signed ‘J. Charcot’ to ‘Un Monsieur’About Latter’s Son’s Desire to Join the ‘Pourquoi-Pas?’Crew. Neuilly-s-Seine, 5 May 1933. Ca. 21x27 cm (8 ¼ x10 ½ in). One page. Laid paper, folded twice,the text is written in ink in a legible hand, with the address printed on top. Very minor tear on fold,otherwise in very good condition.With: A Commemorative Silver Medal, by P. Richter and E. Lindauer.N.d., ca. 1936. Diam. Ca. 68 mm., obverse showing a bust of Charcot in high relief, reverse with viewof Charcot’s ship the ‘Pourquoi-Pas?’ surmounted by caption ‘Expéditions Polaires Françaises’. Originalfelt-lined crimson leather case with clasp; A very good set.45

[With] An Original Press Photograph ca. 13x18 cm (5 x7 in) Dated 24 June 1934 Showing "PolarExplorer Honoured O.P.S.: Dr. Charcot, the famous French polar explorer, receiving a medal fromMarshal Franchet d'Esperey at the Geographical Society today. On right is Mme Charcot, the servant'swife, on left Mme Waldeck-Rousseau, sister of Dr. Charcot."Photograph annotated in Spanish and with several stamps and pasted on notes in English andSpanish. A very good photograph.This is a group of memorabilia related to the last expedition of the famous French AntarcticExplorer Jean-Baptist Charcot. Conducting an ethnographic survey of Greenland and Iceland inpartnership with the French explorer Paul-Émile Victor, the crew of the ‘Pourquoi-Pas?' also mapped theregion. The expedition ended with tragedy, when on 16 September 1936 the ship was caught in a violentcyclonic storm and lost on the reefs off the coast of Iceland. Twenty-three of the crew were lost in thewreck and 17 survivors died before rescue came, leaving only one survivor, Eugène Gonidec, mastersteersman. Jean-Baptiste Charcot was one of the dead, aged 69 (Wikipedia).This group includes a commemorative silver medal issued after the tragic loss of Charcot’sexpedition, and a letter from Charcot to an unidentified recipient whose son wished to join the crew ofthe expedition ship 'Pourquoi pas?.' Charcot would have liked to respond positively, but: “The 'Pourquoipas?' is outfitted by the National Navy [Marine Nationale] and its crew can only be formed from currentlyworking Navy's servicemen. If your son was doing his national service at the time the crew was chosen, Icould have tried and queried the Ministry. However, owing to these circumstances, there is nothing muchthat I can do” (in translation). Charcot also mentioned Doctor Louis Gain (1883-1963), the naturalist of theFrench Antarctic Expedition 1908-10, who directed the request to him. Regarding the date of the letterit’s likely related to Charcot’s last expedition departed for Greenland in 1934. In that case the letter is notonly an interesting historical witness of the last Charcot’s expedition, but also a document which mighthave saved the life of a young French mariner.Finally, the press photograph was taken shortly before Charcot left on his last expedition.Jean-Baptiste Charcot of course is most famous for being appointed leader of the French AntarcticExpedition with the ship Français exploring the west coast of Graham Land from 1904 until 1907. The4246

expedition reached Adelaide Island in 1905 and took pictures of the Palmer Archipelago and LoubetCoast. From 1908 until 1910, another expedition followed with the ship Pourquoi-Pas, exploring theBellingshausen Sea and the Amundsen Sea and discovering Loubet Land, Marguerite Bay and CharcotIsland, which was named after his father, Jean-Martin Charcot (Wikipedia). "The expedition [1908-1910]had made an impressive contribution to Antarctic geography and had surveyed some 2000 kilometers ofunknown or partially-known coastline with an accuracy unchallenged for several decades. The scientificmaterial, together with its 3000 photographs, filled twenty-eight volumes of reports In the eyes ofmany contemporary historians, Charcot’s contribution to Antarctic science outweighs all others"(Howgego, 1850 to 1940. The Oceans, Islands and Polar regions, C9).$3750USD43. COOK, Captain James (1728-1779)Chart of the NW Coast of America and the NE Coast of Asia Explored in the Years 1778 & 1779.The Unshaded Parts of the Coast of Asia are Taken from a M.S. Chart Received from the Russians.London: T. Harmar, 1784. Ca. 66,8x38,7 cm (26 ¼ x 15 ¼ in). Copper engraved double-page map byT. Harmar on laid paper with original centrefold. A fine wide-margined map.Plate 36 from the atlas of Cook's third voyage "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, Undertaken... For theDiscoveries in the Northern Hemisphere in 1776, 77, 78, 79 and 1780" (London, 1784; 3 vols. And atlas)shows Cook's discoveries in the North Pacific. It was Cook who for the first time "accurately depicted theNorthwest coast of America" (Oxford DNB)."The north-west coast of North America was sighted on 7 March and for the next six and a halfmonths Cook carried out a running survey of some 4000 miles of its coast from Cape Blanco on the coastof Oregon to Icy Cape on the north coast of Alaska, where he was forced to turn back by an impenetrablewall of ice. A search for a route back to Europe north of Siberia also proved fruitless. During this cruiseCook became the first European to enter Nootka Sound on the north-west coast of Vancouver Island,where he remained for a month taking astronomical observations and cutting spars for use as spare mastsand yardarms. Trade was carried out with the native Mowachaht for furs, mostly of the sea otter, whichwhen sold later in China drew attention to the commercial potential of this trade" (Oxford DNB); Wagner696; Lada-Mocarski 37; Sabin 16250.$1250USD4347

44. COXE, William (1748-1828)Account of the Russian Discoveries Between Asia and America, to Which Are Added The Conquestof Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce Between Russia and China.London: J. Nichols for T, Cadell, 1780. First Edition. Quarto. xxii, 344, [13], [2] pp. Folding mapfrontispiece, with 3 other folding maps and charts, and one folding wood engraved panorama. Handsomeperiod brown elaborately gilt tooled treed full calf, rebacked in style. A very good copy."During a stay in St. Petersburg, Coxe researched recentRussian discoveries between Asia and America, which resulted inthe present work, he endeavored to collect the journals of theseveral voyages subsequent Bering's expedition in 1741, withwhich Gerhard Mueller concluded his account of the first Russiannavigations. Coxe recounts the principal Russian discoveries andexplorations made in Northwestern America in their attempts toopen communications with Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Thevoyages and discoveries of Nevodsikoff, Serebranikoff,Trapesnikoff, Pushkareff, Drusinin, Kulkoff, Korovin, Glottoff,Solovioff, Otcheredin, Krenitzin, Levasheff, Synd, Bering,Chirikov, and several others are included. Accounts of some ofthese journeys had already been published, mostly in German,but Coxe took the trouble to verify the correctness with sucheminent authorities as Gerhard Friedrich Mueller and PeterSimon Pallas. Coxe made suggestions which led the Russians to44promote expeditions of discovery to the northern parts of Siberia. Notable in the present work are auseful bibliography and pertinent observations on the fur trade between Russians and the Chinese" (Hill391); Howes C834; Cordier Sinica 2447; Sabin 17309."Coxe's important compilation of contemporary accounts which was supplemented by details ofKrenitzin and Levashev's "secret" expedition. Part I of the work is a translation of Johann Ludwig Schultz'sNeue Nachrichten (Hamburg and Leipzig: 1776) and the other parts are similarly based on previouslypublishednarratives and accounts, principally German. However, Coxe took advantage of a sojourn inRussia to verify these accounts with Gerhard Friedrich Muller and Peter Simon Pallas and other eminentRussian experts on the subject. "[Coxe] also succeeded in securing additional material (for instance thenarrative and maps of Krenitzin and Levashev's 'secret' expedition, the first official Russian governmentexpedition since Bering's second expedition of 1741. He was able to secure this particular information,not widely known at the time even in Russia, from Dr. William Robertson, who in turn obtained it throughhis friend Dr. Rogerson, first physician to Empress Catherine II" (Lada-Mocarski 29; Christies).$3750USD45. CRESSWELL, Samuel Gurney (1827-1867)Sledging over Hummocky Ice. April, 1853.London: Day & Son, 1854. Image 34x43cm (13 ½ x 17 in). Chromolithograph by W. Simpson,mounted on old cardboard and matted, cut close to the image, but with no loss. A good copy.Plate VIII from Cresswell’s "A Series of Eight Sketches in Colour of the Voyage of H.M.S.Investigator" (London, 1854), rare set of spectacular lithographed views of Captain Robert McClure’sexpedition to the Northwest Passage in 1850-54. McClure "was given command of the Investigator as partof the second Franklin search expedition. Entering the North-West Passage from the Bering Strait andsailing eastwards, the ship became trapped in pack ice in the autumn of 1851, before being finallyabandoned in 1853" (Christie’s).48

Cresswell was a second Lieutenant on theInvestigator and led several sledge investigatingand rescue parties across Banks and Dealy Islandsafter the ship had been stuck in the ice. "He is bestremembered as the artist of the cruise. Hispaintings of the ship in the grip of ice and almostflung over on her side, and of his Dealy islandparty, painfully dragging a loaded sledge up aramp of ice-rubble, do more than the liveliestprose to bring home to us what was endured bythe stalwarts of the British Navy in the mapping ofCanada’s northern archipelago with wind-jammersand man-hauled sledges" (Neatby, L.H. SamuelGurney Cresswell (1827-1867) / Arctic, v. 35, no. 4,Dec. 1982, p. 554-555, ill.); Abbey Travel 644,Sabin 17490; Staton & Tremaine 3353.$1750USD4546. DE VEER, Gerrit (b. around 1570 – d. after 1598)A True Description of Three Voyages by the North-East Towards Cathay and China, Undertaken bythe Dutch in the Years 1594, 1595 and 1596 / Ed. By T. Beke.London: Hakluyt Society, 1853. First Edition. Octavo. 8, [6], cxlii, iv, 291 pp. With four folding mapsand twelve double-page plates. Original publisher’s light-blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, blindornamental borders on boards (front board in gilt). Black ink signature on the front free flyleaf "Basil T.Woodd. 1853." A near fine copy.Scarce early Hakluyt Society publication of de Veer's account describing Barentsz's three voyagesto find the Northeast Passage made during the years 1594-97. From the library of Basil T. Woodd, one ofthe members of the Hakluyt Society (included in the List of Members, p. 5-8).The publication "is mostappropriate at this particularjuncture, when public attention is sopainfully absorbed by apprehensionsas to the fate of Franklin and hiscompanions" (Preface). Theextensive preface gives an overviewof early English and Dutch travels tothe Russian Arctic. Appendixescontain: Letter from John Balak toGerard Mercator (from Hakluyt,Principal Navigations); An account ofHenry Hudson’s visit to NovayaZemlya; Writings of William Barents,preserved by Purchas. The text issupplemented with illustrations formthe first editions as well as with three charts of Novaya Zemlya and the surrounding areas showing theBarents’ tracks on all his three voyages, compiled by Augustus Petermann.$675USD4649

47. DIXON, George (1748?-1795)[NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA] To the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners ... This Chartof the North West Coast of America, with the Tracks of the King George and Queen Charlotte in 1786 &1787...London: W. Harrison & J. Reid, 24 December 1788. Ca. 88,5x58 cm (34 ½ x 23 in). Copper engravedchart on laid paper with original centrefold. Backed, with a few tears and chips repaired and backingextending the lower margin, otherwise in very good condition.Large chart of the West coast of North America from Nootka Sound to the Alaska Peninsula, fromDixon’s "A Voyage Round the World; but more Particularly to the North-West Coast of America" (London,1789). "In 1785-87 [Dixon] sailed with Nathaniel Portlock for the King George’s Sound Company, whichhad been established for trading furs from the northwest coast of America to China. With the shipsKing George (under Portlock) and Queen Charlotte (under Dixon) they arrived on the Alaskan coast inJuly 1786. After wintering in the Sandwich Islands (winter 1786-87), the two captains returned tonorthern waters, visiting the Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound, the Alaskan mainland and the QueenCharlotte Islands. Dixon disposed of his cargo and returned to England in 1788, the following yearpublishing his popular Voyage Round the World. The bulk of the book consists of descriptive letters byWilliam Beresford, his supercargo, but it contains valuable charts and appendices by Dixon himself. Dixonis generally credited with the discovery of the Queen Charlotte Islands (which were named after his ship),as well as Port Mulgrave, Norfolk Bay, Dixon’s Archipelago the Dixon Entrance, and several other featuresalso bearing the name of his ship" (Howgego, to 1800, D58); Wagner 732; Lada-Mocarski 43.$975USD48. DOBIE, Richard (1731-1805)[EARLY FUR TRADE IN CANADA] [Autograph Letter in French to Jean-Louis Besnard (dit Carignant)in Michilimackinac Regarding Commercial Operations of Their Trade in Furs].Montreal: 20 July, 1776. One page on a doublequarto leaf (23x18,5 cm), addressed and sealed on the4th page. Brown ink on watermarked Whatman laidpaper. Writing in different hand under the main text‘[?] á Montreál le 17 avril 1777. G.B’. Round stamps "Cde V" on the lower margins of the 2nd and 3rd pages.Loss of the upper blank corner of the 4th page withsome text of the address (possibly, a docket),otherwise a very good letter.Early important primary account of theoperations of Montreal fur traders, the letter recounts(translated): "I now have the pleasure of informingyou that we each will earn around 10000 Francs onthe pelts we sent on joint account last year. If you canfind a good deal and we can get as reasonable a priceas possible in this business, you may purchase themfor our joint account and draw on me for the sum,provided the packets accompany the drafts and thatthey do not exceed 3000 Halifax Louis. The peltsthat sell best are the beaver, bear, otter, marten, andnorthern wolf; the cats suffered a very big loss."4850

Richard Dobie was a merchant from Scotland who came to Canada about 1760 and by 1764 wasactively involved in the fur trade around Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes. Much of their trade wasto the south of these lakes which was a well established trade zone.In 1767 Dobie went into partnership with Benjamin Frobisher, who travelled to the trading postsand wintered there, while Dobie remained in Montreal. They mounted at least one attempt at thenorthwest fur trade in partnership but most of Dobie's trade efforts continued with various partners, oneof whom was Francis Badgley, in the Great Lakes area. Although heavily involved in the fur trade, Dobiewas also active in any number of non fur trade enterprises. He accumulated a large fortune in theseendeavors and was an important member of the Montreal community (Wikipedia).Jean-Louis Besnard (dit Carignant) (1734-1791) was a merchant trader based out of Montreal andengaged in the fur trade by 1770. He was outfitting voyageurs and, in turn, relying on suppliers like PierreForetier. He was also in the milling business with a flour mill at Lachine, Quebec. Through a series ofevents he was forced to declare bankruptcy in September 1776. His dealings with the Montreal merchantRichard Dobie were called into question at that time. Creditors of Besnard sued Dobie because of thesetransactions. A legal and political melee ensued with the Governor, Sir Guy Carleton dismissing ChiefJustice Peter Livius.Besnard ended up turning over all hisassets to his creditors. Although officiallyconsidered dishonest, he was allowed tocontinue in the fur trade and pursue otheroccupations. He ended up in importantpositions at Fort Michilimackinac and died ofdrowning in Lake Michigan. His failures inbusiness were probably the result of thenature of the fur trade at that time. Controlof the trade was increasingly held by fewpowerful merchants. They, in turn, createdthe North West Company in 1783(Wikipedia).48. Dobie’s signature“Fort Michilimackinac was an 18 th century French, and later British, fort and trading post in theGreat Lakes of North America. Built around 1715, and abandoned in 1783, it was located along thesouthern shore of the strategic Straits of Mackinac connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, at thenorthern tip of the lower peninsula of the present-day state of Michigan in the United States. The site ofthe fort in present-day Mackinaw City is a National Historic Landmark and is now preserved as an open-airhistorical museum” (Wikipedia).$1750USD49. DOUGLAS, James, Sir (1803-1888)[GOLD MINING REGULATIONS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA] [Leaflet Titled]: Rules and Regulations,Issued in Conformity with the Gold Fields Act, 1859.Victoria B.C.: 24 February, 1863. 4 pp. On a folded double folio leaf (ca. 29,5x20 cm (11 ½ x 8 in)with the Royal Arms of the British Empire. Leaflet with minor foxing, corners creased where once turneddown, otherwise a very good copy.Rare leaflet with only thirteen copies found in Worldcat. This leaflet contains the latest changes tothe ‘Rules’ issued to make them consistent with legislation passed in 1859-63.51

The Gold Fields Act 1859 became the earliest regulation ofmining in British Columbia and was issued during the height ofFraser Canyon Gold Rush. It implemented the appointment of twogold commissioners who registered claims, issued licenses andadjudicated disputes with the advice and aid of elected districtmining boards."The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, (also Fraser Gold Rush andFraser River Gold Rush) began in 1858 after gold was discoveredon the Thompson River in British Columbia at its confluence withthe Nicoamen River. This was a few miles upstream from theThompson's confluence with the Fraser River at present-dayLytton. The rush overtook the region around the discovery, andwas centered on the Fraser Canyon from around Hope and Yale toPavilion and Fountain, just north of Lillooet.Though the rush was largely over by 1860, miners from therush spread out and found a sequence of other gold rushesthroughout the British Columbia Interior and North, mostfamously that in the Cariboo. The rush is credited with instigatingEuropean-Canadian settlement on the mainland of BritishColumbia. It was the catalyst for the founding of the Colony of BritishColumbia, the building of early road infrastructure, and the founding of many towns" (Wikipedia).$750USD4950. DUDLEY, Robert, Sir (1574-1649)[First Map of the Labrador Sea Between Greenland and Labrador] Carta particolare della MetaIncognita Australe con una parte della America Settentrionale..,Florence, [1661]. Copper engraved map ca. 45,5x37 cm (18 x 14 ½ in) A good strong impression.Middle of right margin with a small chip, not affecting the printed area, otherwise a very good map.This is the second state of this map, which "is the firstprinted sea chart to depict the waters between Greenland,labelled Europa on the map, and Labrador. Using Mercator'sprojection for the first time, it is also the earliest to indicatethe prevailing winds and ocean currents" (Burden 275). "Inthe early 1640s [Dudley] retired to the Villa di Castello anddevoted himself to writing on naval matters, drawing on hisexperience to compose the encyclopaedic Dell'arcano delmare (1646-7), dedicated to Grand Duke Ferdinand II. Thefirst of its six books dealt with methods of calculatinglongitude, including those of his own invention; the secondcontained charts and sailing directions. The third containedmuch of the material in the earlier ‘Direttorio marittimo’,plus proposals for the creation of a navy; the fourth book,concerned with shipbuilding and fortifications, recalled hispractical experience at Leghorn. Book five built on the workof the Portuguese navigator Pedro Nunez. The final book wasan atlas of 127 maps, the first to employ Mercator's50projections" (Oxford DNB); Tooley A-D, p.395.$1250USD52

51. EGEDE, Hans Poulsen (1686-1758) & Poul Hansen (1708-1789)Omstændelig og Udførlig Relation, Angaaende den Grønlandske Missions Begyndelse ofForsættelse, samt hvad Ellers mere der ved Landets Recognoscering, dets Beskaffenhed, ogIndbyggernes Væsen of Leve-Maade Vedkommende, er Befunden [A Comprehensive Relation Aboutthe Greenland Mission, its Reconnaissance, its Character, and the Inhabitants];[With] Continuation af Relationerne Betreffende den Grønlandske Missions Tilstand ogBeskaffenhed, Forfattet i Form af en Journal fra Anno 1734 till 1740. Af Colonien, Christians-haab udiDiscobugt [Continuation the Relation of the Greenland Mission Written in the form of a Journal fromAnno 1734 till 1740..,].Copenhagen: J.C. Groth, 1738-41. First Editions. Small Quarto, 2 vols in one. [20],408; [8],184 pp.With two folding wood cut maps. Period dark brown elaborately gilt tooled full sheep with a light browngilt label. Label faded, text mildly browned and with some very mild staining of a few leaves, maps withminor repairs and with a small library marking on the title page, otherwise a very good copy.After much hardship Hans Poulsen Egede landed on the west coast of Greenland with three shipson 3 July 1721. Egede was the first missionary to the Inuit of Greenland, where he served for 15 years andfounded the colony of Godthaab. His work was of fundamental importance for the colonization ofGreenland. As a missionary he was groundbreaking and was nicknamed the Apostle of Greenland. He alsogave an important contribution to the understanding of Greenland's geography and Inuit culture andlanguage (Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo). Hans Poulsen Egede "established a successful mission among theInuit and is credited with revitalizing Dano-Norwegian interest in the island after contact had been brokenfor hundreds of years. He founded Greenland's capital Godthåb, now known as Nuuk" (Wikipedia)."Egede first visited Nuk, the site of Godthab, the first year of his Greenland colony, 1721, whenseeking a better site for permanent settlement than his temporary residence at Haabets Oe at the mouth ofGodthab's Fjord. He found Nuk a fine site with a good harbour. He saw the site again several times inensuing years, but it was not until 1727 that he again took up the plan to move there" (Holland p95); "Egedeconverted many of the Inuit to Christianity and eventually established a considerable commerce withDenmark" (Howgego E17); First Part: "detailed and full relation regarding the beginning and continuation ofthe Greenland mission: in addition to other things observations concerning the reconnaissance of thecountry, its nature and the manners and way of life of its inhabitants" (Arctic Bibliography 4366); Sabin22021; Second Part: "The diaries of Poul Egede.., containing observations, mainly pertaining to the churchand the mission, together with incidents from the everyday life in West Greenland" (Arctic Bibliography4370); Sabin 22035.$4250USD5351

52. ELLIS & CO. [PUBLISHERS][Bird's-Eye Panoramic View of] Victoria, B. C. 1889.Victoria B.C.: Ellis & Co., Publishers of "The Colonist", 1889. Tinted lithograph, printed image ca.65x100 cm (26x40 in). With a couple of very minor repaired marginal tears, not affecting printed image. Anear fine lithograph.Rare as Worldcat only locates nine copies. This large lithographic panoramic view shows VictoriaB.C. As viewed from a bird's eye from the Strait of San Juan Fuca looking north. This view includes a keywhich identifies 63 places of interest."Erected in 1843 as a Hudson's Bay Company trading post on a site originally called Camosun (thenative word was "camosack", meaning "rush of water") known briefly as "Fort Albert", the settlement wasrenamed Fort Victoria in 1846, in honour of Queen Victoria. The Songhees established a village across theharbour from the fort. The Songhees' village was later moved north of Esquimalt. When the crown colonywas established in 1849, a town was laid out on the site and made the capital of the colony. The ChiefFactor of the fort, James Douglas was made the second governor of the Vancouver Island Colony (RichardBlanshard was first governor, Arthur Edward Kennedy was third and last governor), and would be theleading figure in the early development of the city until his retirement in 1864..,With the discovery of gold on the British Columbia mainland in 1855, Victoria became the port,supply base, and outfitting centre for miners on their way to the Fraser Canyon gold fields, mushroomingfrom a population of 300 to over 5000 literally within a few days. Victoria was incorporated as a city in1862. In 1865, Esquimalt was made the North Pacific home of the Royal Navy, and remains Canada's westcoast naval base. In 1866 when the island was politically united with the mainland, Victoria wasdesignated the capital of the new united colony instead of New Westminster - an unpopular move on theMainland - and became the provincial capital when British Columbia joined the Canadian Confederation in1871" (Wikipedia); Reps 38.$5250USD5254

53. FEDIX, P.A.L'Oregon et les Cotes de l'Ocean Pacifique du Nord. aperçugéographique, statistique et politique, avec une carte du paysd'après les documens les plus récens. [Oregon and the NorthPacific Coast, a geographical, statistical and political overview,with a map of the country according to the most recentdocuments].Paris: Librairie de Amyot, 1846. First Edition. Octavo. ix, 258pp. With a large folding outline handcoloured map. Period stylebrown gilt tooled quarter calf with marbled boards, with originalprinted paper wrappers bound in. A fine copy."Relates almost entirely to the political aspects of Oregon atthat time" (Cowan 1952, p.84). "Copies in wrappers are rare.Overland expeditions; sea voyages; fur trade; Englishestablishments; American settlements; Oregon boundary disputebetween Spain and Russia; Spain and England; England and theUnited States; the rights of Great Britain; U. S. Rights, etc.Monsieur Fedix, after an exhaustive and extensive research,concludes that the country belongs to neither the United States norGreat Britain, but to Oregon and the Oregonians, and urges thesettlers to kick out the whole caboodle and establish anindependent Republic of their own" (Eberstadt 134:563). "Proposesthat world powers maintain Oregon as an independency to serve asan international trade center for the Pacific" (Howes F70); Sabin 24000.$7500USD5354. FLEURIEU, Charles Pierre (1738-1810) & MARCHAND, Etienne (1755-1793)Voyage Autour du Monde, Pendant les Annees 1790, 1791, et 1792, par EtienneMarchand..,précédé d'une introduction historique : auquel on a joint des recherches sur les terresaustrales de Drake, et un examen critique du voyage de Roggeween; avec cartes et figures. [A VoyageRound the World, Performed During the Years 1790, 1791, and 1792, by Etienne Marchand..,].Paris: De L’Imprimerie de la Republique., 1798-1800. First Edition. Octavo 5 vols. & Small Folio Atlas.cci, 294, [1];vii, 529, [1]; viii, 474, [1];viii, 494, [2] xii, ;559, [4]; viii, 158 pp. With a copper engraved plateand fifteen folding maps and eleven folding tables. Handsome 19th-century maroon elaborately gilt tooledquarter morocco with marbled boards. A near fine set."A most important work for the history of geographical discovery in the Northwest. Marchand’sexpedition sailed around Cape Horn and, after touching at the Marquesas and Hawaii, visited NorfolkSound, Queen Charlotte Island, Nootka Sound, and parts of the northwest coast of America, of whichlengthy descriptions are given, in addition to descriptions of the Indian inhabitants. The introduction is avaluable feature of this work, as it contains Fleurieu’s learned researches on the early navigators to theNorth Pacific, from 1537 to 1791. Among others, the voyages of Drake, Juan de Fuca, Admiral de Fuentes(de Fonte), Bering, Chirikov, Cook, La Perouse, Meares, Portlock and Dixon, Colnett, Don Haro, andMalaspina are discussed and a recapitulation given" (Hill 612); Howes F195."Although the main objective of the voyage was to trade skins from North America with Cantonesemerchants and then return laden with Chinese wares for the home market, Marchand was also anxious tostake out colonial claims for France" (Howgego M43); "This is a very important and authoritative work forthe history of the northwest coast" (Lada-Mocarski 54); "The first French commercial voyage to the55

5455. GALIANO, Dionisio Alcalá (1760-1805)[Map of the Entrance to Nootka Sound] Plano de laCala de los Amigos. Situada en la parte Ocidental de laentrada de Nuka Año 1791.Madrid, 1802. Copper-engraved map ca. 27x18 cm.(10 ½ x 7 in). This matted map is in fine condition.This is a very rare "chart of the western portion of theentrance to Nootka Sound, showing the islands andprotected bay, with its small settlement. From the Atlas delViage de las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana al reconocimiento delEstracho de Juan de Fuca in 1792, which accompanied theRelacion del viage..., the record of an important voyage upthe Pacific coast, and the last to be undertaken by Spain.Often attributed to José de Espinosa y Tello, but moreprobably by Galiano, the commander of the expedition, thework itself is an important relation of the voyage thatbrought the Spaniards to Nootka Sound at the same time asthe English explorer George Vancouver. The nine maps inthe atlas, however, are perhaps even more significant,presenting a rare record of Spanish cartography in the NewWorld. This is the seventh map in the atlas" (PBA Galleries);Hayes p.77-9.$575USDNorthwest Coast and only thesecond French circumnavigation..,Marchand sighted the Kohala coastof Hawaii October 4, 1791, andpassed Kauai on October 10, 1791..,This octavo edition was issuedsimultaneously with the quartoedition" (Forbes 292-3); O’Reilly &Reitman 618; "Valuable for thescientific observations, and thelearned researches of the author onthe early navigations" (Sabin247520-2).$17,500USD5556. GALIANO, Dionisio Alcalá (1760-1805)[Map of the North Pacific Coastline from the Top of Vancouver Island to the Tip of the AlaskanPeninsula] Continuacion des los reconocimientos hechos en la Costa No. De America por los Buques deS.M. An varias Campañas des de 1774 á 1792.Madrid, 1802. Copper-engraved map ca. 37x47 cm. (14 ½ x 19 in). Bottom half of left margintrimmed to neat line, evidently as issued, old folds, otherwise the map is in very good condition.56

This is a very rare "coastal chartfrom the top of Vancouver Island to theAlaska peninsula and Unalaska, madefrom actual observations, showing theroutes of the expeditions from 1788 to1792. from the Atlas del Viage de lasGoletas Sutil y Mexicana alreconocimiento del Estracho de Juan deFuca in 1792, which accompanied theRelacion del viage..., the record of animportant voyage up the Pacific coast,and the last to be undertaken by Spain.Often attributed to José de Espinosa yTello, but more probably by Galiano, thecommander of the expedition, the workitself is an important relation of thevoyage that brought the Spaniards to56Nootka Sound at the same time as the English explorer George Vancouver. The nine maps in the atlas,however, are perhaps even more significant, presenting a rare record of Spanish cartography in the NewWorld. This is map no. 3 in the atlas" (PBA Galleries); Hayes p. 77-9.$1500USD57. GOLOWNIN, Captain (Vasily Mikhailovich) (1776-1831)Recollections of Japan, Comprising a Particular Account of theReligion, Language, Government, Laws and Manners of the Peoplewith Observations on the Geography, Climate, Population &Productions of the Country (...) To which are prefixed ChronologicalDetails of the Rise, Decline, and Renewel of British CommercialIntercourse with that Country.London: Henry Colburn, 1819. First English Edition. Octavo. viii,lxxxix, 302, [2] pp. Period style brown gilt tooled half calf with marbledboards and black gilt label. Some scattered very mild foxing, otherwise avery good copy.In 1808-1811 the Russian sloop "Diana" under the command ofVasily Golovnin and Peter Rikord, as the second-in-command, was sentas a second official Russian circumnavigation with the purpose ofexploration and surveying of the Russian Far East, Kamchatka andAlaska. Upon return from Russian America in 1810, Golovnin started tochart the Kuril Islands. During his short stop at the island of Kunashir,Golovnin, his two officers and four sailors were taken prisoners,transported to the island of Hokkaido and there were kept in prison57near the town of Matsumae for over two years.The peaceful solution of the conflict became possible only as a result of the friendly relationshipbetween Peter Rikord, who organized and led three expeditions to rescue his commander Golovnin, andthe prominent Japanese businessman and public figure Takadaya Kahei (1769-1827), who was capturedby Rikord with his ship Kanze-maru, and stayed in Russia for several months. Takadaya Kahei learnedRussian, and upon returning home he convinced the Japanese government that the Russians could be57

trusted. The Russian sailors were then released from Japanese captivity (no one in history has everreturned from the Japanese captivity before). After Golovnin's release in 1813, his account of his captivitywas published in English with the title" "Narrative of my Captivity in Japan During the Years 1811, 1812,1813" and this work was later augmented with the current volume which gives a more detaileddescription of Japan and the Japanese people. Cordier Japonica 465; Howgego 1800-1850, G15.$1650USD58. GREENE, Captain Duane M.[Important Archive of Materials from Captain Duane M. Greene of the 6th California Infantry,Detailing Operations Against Indians in Northern California during the Civil War].Humboldt County, 1863-4. A total of more than 80 pages of manuscript material, mostly on quartosized sheets. Plus an additional thirty-six printed and manuscript items relating to the later military careerof Second Lieutenant Duane M. Greene. Most documents with old folds; a few with edge wear and tears,occasionally affecting some text. Overall the collection is in very good condition.A very important and interesting manuscript archive, giving an account of actions against Indians innorthern California during the Civil War. This archive contains the military papers of Captain Duane M.Greene of Company E, 6th California Volunteers, stationed at Fort Gaston in present-day HumboldtCounty. During the period covered by this archive, Fort Gaston was headquarters of the CaliforniaVolunteers, whose main mission was battling hostile Indian tribes, including what is referred to in thesepapers as the "Weitchpec" tribe.Duane M. Greene volunteered for service at San Francisco in February 1863 and served for twoyears. Aside from his service against Indian tribes in Humboldt County, he was also an AssistantCommissary of Musters. Four of Greene's reports have been printed in the massive collection, "The WarOf The Rebellion: A Compilation Of The Official Records Of The Union And Confederate Armies" (1880).The present archive, however, goes far beyond the printed record of Greene's experiences and gives a full5858

view of the eight months he spent engaging Indians innorthern California. The archive contains several ofGreene's manuscript drafts and notes used to produce hisformal reports, and a few of the reports are present also infinal manuscript versions, in a secretarial hand. It alsocontains several manuscript copies of orders sent toGreene regarding his mission, the conduct of his company,records of promotions and discharges, notes regarding thediscipline of disobedient or deserting soldiers, ordersregarding requisitions, and much more.A part of this archive that has certainly not beenprinted, for example, is a fourteen-page series of notes, inGreene's hand, beginning February 17, 1864, describing themovement of his company from Benicia to northernCalifornia – first to Arcata and then to Fort Gaston. Thismanuscript appears to have some gaps, but it givesinteresting insight into Greene's early attitudes toward hisservice, and the challenges faced by his company as theytravelled to the Humboldt region.A letter to Greene of March 10, 1864 was writtenby Major Thomas Wright at "Camp at Gaston," and givesGreene instructions on interacting with local Indians:58. Green's original notes(Feb. 17, 1864)"I send you by Lt. Taylor rations for 10 days. You will remain until further orders near the junction ofthe Trinity and Klamath [rivers]. You will select such a position as you may deem best - with an eye todefense and comfort, putting your men in huts as soon as possible. You will send out one detachment at atime of 15 men in such directions as you may think best. I hardly think one Indian is worth going for to themouth of the Klamath. Believe little that you hear from the Indians but do not let them discover yourunbelief. Find out all you can, give as little information in return as possible and never trust one of themwhen out of sight."Among the manuscript orders and directives is a copy of"Orders No. 2" issued from headquarters of Humboldt Campand dated March 14, 1864, which instructs that "hereafter allIndians - 'Bucks' - captured in open hostility will be hung andnone will be shot after capture. The women and children willalways be spared and sent as prisoners of war to the cmdg.Officer of Fort Humboldt."Several of the documents contain Greene's originalmanuscript notes of missions and reconnaissance in very briefand rough form. They are not final, polished, reports, butrather his original notes giving details of missions, from whichhis longer reports were written. They therefore constitute the"first draft" reports of his troops' activities and encounters withIndians. For example, there are four pages containing notes onmissions sent out by Captain Greene in March 1864, one ofwhich resulted in the capture of two Indians:"Saturday [March] 12. The Capt. With 20 men started onan expedition down the river taking 4 days rations leaving 20men in camp. Monday 14 - at 7:30p.m. The Captain and a party58. Manuscript order to Green fromthe headquarters at Humboldt's Camp(March 14, 1864)59

eturned to Camp having in custody 2 Indian prisoners, 'Jack'and 'Stone.' Confined them in the log cabin under a guard of6 men. 15 Tuesday - The 2 Indians still in confinement havingno means convenient to hang them."Greene notes that the next day the Indians weretransported to Fort Gaston, where they were hung onThursday the 17th. Reports for later in the month describethe search for two missing privates:"March 19. Lt. Taylor with 28 men and 10 days rationsfor the command arrived from Fort Gaston - reported 2men...of my company missing. A scouting party of ten menout from 9am until 5pm marched n. Easterly making a sweepof about 5 miles inclining towards the river which theytouched at about 3 miles below the ferry. Seen nothing of anyIndians. [March] 20 Lt. Taylor with an escort of 10 menstarted for Fort Gaston having the pack mules in charge. Sentout Sgt. Hines and 15 men across the river on a scout towards'French Camp' to examine the trails and more particularlysearch for the two men who was missing from Lieut. Taylor'scommand on the previous day."6058. Green's 'first draft'report (March, 1864)An eight-page manuscript report in a secretarial hand is accompanied by an eight-page rough draftmanuscript (in pencil) in Greene's hand and an incomplete four-page version of the same report, also inGreene's hand. These are expanded and more polished versions of the reports noted above, and containdetailed information on "scouts and movements made from the 8th to the 15 day of March, 1864inclusive by a detachment of Company 'E' 6th Infantry." The scouting expeditions mostly involvedsearches for belligerent Indians and encounters with "friendly" Indians. For example, part of the report forMarch 8 reads:"I proceeded about five miles and met an Indian whose right hand was bleeding profusely, and onexamination I found it was a rifle shot round. I asked him how he got hurt, and he said it was by theaccidental discharge of his piece. He said he belonged to Lieut.Middleton's party which he said was within half a mile of me,returning to Fort Gaston. Suspecting that he belonged to theband reported opposing Middleton, and endeavoring toescape, I made prisoner of him and proceeded about half a mileand met Middleton who said the Indian's story was correct,whereupon I released him. Middleton told me the rumor of hisbeing attacked, or that the Indians were collecting for thatpurpose was not correct. He saw some Indians, but theyscattered and fled to the mountains."Another pair of manuscript reports (one of them sevenpages in a secretarial hand and the other four pages in Greene'shand) provide reports from the month of April, that also givedetails of scouts in search of any actions against unfriendlyIndians. The report is datelined at Camp Iaqua and describes ingreat detail an action of April 8, 1864 in which Greene's troops,in conjunction with friendly Indians, attacked a tribe led by"Ceonalton John," which led to a meeting between Greene and"John" to discuss terms of the Indians' surrender.58. Green's expandedreport in secretarial hand(March 15th, 1864)

Another original manuscript report in Greene's hand (written in pencil) is dated May 2nd and givesdetails of a successful attack on an Indian camp:"Up before daylight and started for theIndian camp which we surrounded in a shorttime. Lieut. Taylor occupying the south and a partof the east and west side, while I occupied thenorth and part of the east and west sides, Ihaving a part of Lieut. Taylor's detachment. Lieut.Taylor opened fire on the Indians when they runtowards me I then fired on them and the firebecame general from all sides. After the fight wasover we found that we had killed three bucks andthree squaws and broke one bucks arm, took twosquaws and two children prisoner. The attacktook the Indians so much by surprise that theyhad not time to carry off any of their property orplunder."An original two-page manuscript report, dated March 15, 1864 at "Camp Greene," and written bySecond Lieutenant John B. Taylor, gives a detailed reconnaissance of the area around the Klamath River,the quality of trails, good places to cross, etc. An order, dated April 23, 1863 at Benicia Barracks, ordersthat "no more 'small boys' of the same age or height as Patrick Ford are to be enlisted. Bugles and notdrums will be the field music of the Regiment."Also included in this collection are another three dozen items relating to the later military career ofSecond Lieutenant Duane M. Greene. This was apparently Captain Greene's son, who served as anadjutant in Kansas and Arizona Territory. This grouping contains a collection of printed and manuscriptorders, 1872-77, written from Fort Hays, Fort Riley, Kansas, and Camp Bowie, Camp Lowell, and YumaStation, Arizona Territory. Also included are other documents relating to Greene's later life, including hiscareer as a grocer in Pasadena."Fort Gaston was founded on December 4, 1859, in the redwood forests of the Hoopa Valley, inNorthern California, on the west bank of the Trinity River, 14 miles from where the Trinity flows into theKlamath River. It was located in what is now the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation. Fort Gaston as part ofthe Humboldt Military District was intended to control the Hupa Indians and to protect them from hostilewhite settlers. The post was named for 2nd Lieutenant William Gaston, of the First Dragoons, who hadbeen killed May 17, 1858, during the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-Paloos War.., On December 25, 1863, abattle with the Indians took place near Fort Gaston. The Indians holed up in several log buildings, firing atCompanies B and C of the Mountaineers from rifle ports. Attempting to drive them out the Army attackedthem with howitzers. At nightfall, with the buildings in ruins, the Indians were able to escape in thedarkness.The Mountaineers continued operating against Indians in 1864, Company B in a skirmish nearBoynton's Prairie May 6, 1864. Company C, at the Thomas House, on the Trinity River, May 27, 1864 andin operations in the Trinity Valley September 1-December 3, 1864. The Mountaineer companies held thefort until June 1865" (Wikipedia).$12,500USD5861

59. HILL, S[amuel] S.Travels in Siberia.London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. First Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. xv, [1], 458; xvi,432 pp. Period dark brown gilt tooled half morocco with green pebbled cloth boards. A very good set.The author travels from Moscow via towns and places including Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan,Yekaterinburg, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Kyakhta, Miatchin, Lena River, Yakutsk, Ochotsk, toKamchatka. It seems that after Kamchatka Hill travelled to Hawaii and these travels are recorded in his"Travels in the Sandwich and Society Islands." "Samuel Hill was a prolific writer of Travel books, theNational Union Catalogue records seven titles by him published between the years 1837 and 1866"(Hawaiian National Bibliography III, 2175).$1500USD596060. HILL, Samuel S.Travels in the Sandwich and Society Islands.London: Chapman and Hall, 1856. First Edition. Octavo. xii, 428 pp. With a folding frontispiece mapof the Sandwich Islands. Original publishers brown blind stamped gilt cloth. A very good copy."An interesting travel narrative by an English gentleman-traveler, who devotes more than 300pages of the text to his visit to Hawaii.., [Hill] describes Honolulu, gives a general history of the Islandsince Captain Cook’s time, and visits local sites of picturesque of historical interest. His travels around theisland of Hawaii, however, are the most interesting portions of the text.., He viewed the site of Cook'sdeath, observed native life, visited Hoonaunau, then set off on foot for Kailua, Kona. En route he watchedsurfers..," (Hawaiian National Bibliography III, 2175).$1500USD61. JANSSONIUS, Johannes (1588-1664)Nova et accurata Poli Arctici et Terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio [A New and AccurateDescription of the Lands Around the Arctic Pole].Amsterdam: H. Hondius, ca. 1684. Fourth State. Original outline handcoloured copper engravedmap ca. 41x53 cm (16 x 20 ½ in). A good impression, the map is in very good condition."This beautiful map, originally published in 1637, eventually replaced Hondius' map of the NorthPole and became the prototype for many later maps including those of Blaeu. This map incorporates thediscoveries made by Captain Thomas James along the southern and western shores of Hudson Bay in62

1631-2. The delineation on Russia's Arcticcoast is derived from the information fromWillem Barents' exploration of 1596-7. Asmall island off the coast of Lapland is namedfor the English explorer Hugh Willoughby (SirHugo Willoughby's Landt), who led a failedexpedition to find a Northeast Passage in1553. Rhumb lines radiate from the NorthPole and several compass roses embellish thechart. A large title cartouche, with twofigures and numerous wind heads,conveniently hide the northwest coast ofAmerica. The map is further decorated withships and a cartouche with Jansson's imprint,which depicts men in parkas, a polar bearand foxes. This is the fourth state of the platewith a legend beneath the cartouche anda completed coastline of Spitzbergen" (Old World Auctions); Burden 250; Tooley E-J, p. 429.$1250USD6162. KLUTSCHAK, Heinrich W[enzel] (1847-90)Als Eskimo Unter Den Eskimos: Eine Schilderung Der Erlebnisse Der Schwatka'schen Franklin-Aufsuchungs-Expedition in den Jahren 1878-80. [As an Eskimo Under the Eskimos: A description of theExperiences of the Schwatka Franklin Search Expedition in the years 1878-80].Vienna: A. Hartleben's Verlag, 1881. First Edition. Octavo. [vi], 247, [1] pp. With three lithographedmaps (two folding) and twelve wood engraved plates and numerous wood engravings in text Originalpublisher's red gilt patterned blind stamped cloth. Spine very mildly faded, otherwise a very good copy.An account of the Schwatka Franklin search expedition in 1878-80 by the artist and surveyor on theexpedition. "Sponsored by the American Geographical Society to follow up on recent Eskimo reports thatrecords and journals of the Franklinexpedition might still be preserved on KingWilliam Island. The five member expeditionleft for Hudson Bay on the whaler Eothen,whose captain, Thomas Barry, had broughtthe Eskimo rumor to the United States..,Records of Schwatka's expedition includeobservations on topography, travellingconditions, Eskimoes and their distributionand travelling techniques, flora and fauna.The sledge journey to King William Island,covering 5, 287 KM in 50 weeks, was arecord distance for any sledging expeditionby whites at that time and has rarely beensurpassed" (Holland p. 310-11). Henze 3,p.44; Not in the Arctic Bibliography.$500USD6263

63. KOTZEBUE, Otto von (1787-1846)Entdeckungs-Reise in die Süd-See und nach der Berings-Strasse zur Erforschung einernordöstlichen Durchfahrt : unternommen in den Jahren 1815, 1816, 1817 und 1818 auf Kosten Sr.Erlaucht des Herrn Reichs-Kanzlers Grafen Rumanzoff auf dem Schiffe Rurick unter dem Befehle desLieutenants der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Marine, Otto von Kotzebue [A Voyage of Discovery, into theSouth Sea, and Beerings Straits, for the Purpose of Exploring a North-East Passage, undertaken in theYears 1815--1818, at the Expense of his Highness the Chancellor of the Empire, Count Romanzoff, in theShip Rurick, under the Command of the Lieutenant in the Russian Imperial Navy, Otto Von Kotzebue].Weimar: Gebruedern Hoffmann, 1821. First Edition. Quarto 3 vols. in one. xviii, [iii], 168; 176; [i],240 pp. 6 engraved maps, 5 folding, 19 hand-coloured aquatint plates from drawings by Choris, 4 doublepage,1 black and white plate, Handsome brown period style elaborately gilt tooled half sheep withmarbled boards. With an expertly removed library marking on title page, otherwise a near fine copy."First Edition on laid paper with all the aquatint plates finely coloured by hand, of the secondRussian circumnavigation and the first for scientific purposes, sponsored by Count Romanzoff, one ofRussia's greatest patrons of the sciences. It proved to be one of the most important and fruitful of allRussian circumnavigations, contributing greatly to knowledge of the South Seas, Pacific Northwest andAlaska, although without finding the North-West Passage (here termed the North-East by Kotzebue).[Kotzebue] commanded the Rurick and knew the North Pacific well from his earlier voyage withKrusenstern. With him were Louis Choris, expedition artist, and Adelbert von Chamisso, naturalist. Theirvaluable study of Pacific islands included Easter Island, the Tuamotus, Marshalls and the newly-discoveredRomanzoff Islands, and Kotzebue's reports on coral atolls were later used by Charles Darwin. ReachingKamchatka they passed through Bering Strait, explored Kotzebue Sound, and investigated the PribilofIslands and Aleutians, recording excellent descriptions of the Chukchis, Aleuts and Eskimos. Beforecrossing the Pacific they made stops on the California coast, at San Francisco, followed by a long stay inHawaii at the court of King Kamehameha I, handsomely portrayed by Choris. Choris' own illustratedaccount of the voyage was published in 1822" (Christies).6364

"The second Russian expedition into the Pacific for scientific exploration, sponsored by CountRomanzoff, was commanded by Lieutenant Kotzebue, and also included the famous artist Ludovik Choris.Kotzebue had also sailed with Captain Kruzenshtern in 1803-06. Leaving Kronstadt in 1815, the Rurikrounded Cape Horn and visited Chile, Easter Island, and the Marshall Islands. Kotzebue explored theNorth American coast and Hawaii and searched unsuccessfully for a passage to the Arctic Ocean. Thedescription of the northwest coast of America is a most important contribution" (Hill 943); ArcticBibliography 9195; "A Celebrated narrative important for its descriptions of Alaska, California, Hawaii andMicronesia" (Forbes 525); Howgego 1800-1850, K20; "The three volumes are rich in early original sourcematerial on Alaska" (Lada-Mocarski 80); Sabin 38284.$14,500USD64. KRASHENINNIKOV, Stepan Petrovich (1711-1755)Histoire de Kamtschatka, Des Isles Kurilski, et Des Contrées Voisines, Publiée à Petersbourg, enLangue Russienne, par ordre de Sa Majesté Impériale. On y a joint deux Cartes, l'une de Kamtschatka, &l'autre des Isles Kurilski. Traduite par M. E*** [The History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands,with the Countries Adjacent].Lyon: Chez Benoit Duplain, 1767. First French Edition. Small Octavo. [viii], xv, [i], 327; [viii], 359 pp.With two large copper engraved folding maps. Handsome period brown gilt tooled mottled full calf withred and black gilt labels. A near fine set."The Russian Krasheninnikov started out across Siberia with Gerhard Friedrich Mueller and JohannGeorg Gmelin, and then made his own way to Kamchatka. When Georg Wilhelm Steller arrived inKamchatka to supervise his work, Krasheninnikov left in order to avoid becoming Steller's assistant, andreturned to St. Petersburg. Krasheninnikov nonetheless was able to make use of Steller's notes in thepreparation of his own narrative, and the inclusion of Steller's observations on America, made during histravels with Bering's second voyage, are an important part of this work, and constitute one of the earliestaccounts of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Steller's account was not published until 1793. This workdetails the customs, morals, and religion of the Kamchatka peninsula, and discusses the power exercisedby the magicians. Also described are thedifferences between the dialects of theKamchatkans and those of the Korsairs andof the Kurile islanders. This is the firstscientific account of those regions" (Hill948-9)."The first French edition, translatedby Marc Antoine Eidous from the English ofJames Grieve, of the RussianKrasheneninnikov's important account ofKamchatka, Alaska and the Aleutian Islands,which was based upon his own travels andthose of George Wilhelm Stellar"(Bonhams); "Krasheninnikov journeyedthrough Siberia (1733-36) and theKamchatka Peninsula (1737-41) beforegiving the first full description of the latter.Krasheninnikov volcano (6089 feet) is64named after him" (Sothebys); Cox I, p.351; Howgego K37; Lada-Mocarski 12; Sabin38303.$2250USD65

65. LA PEROUSE, Jean François Galaup de (1741-1788)A Voyage Round the World. Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788,abridged from theOriginal French Journal ... Which was lately published by M. Milet-Mureau ... To which are added, AVoyage from Manila to California by Don Antonio Maurelle and an Abstract of the Voyage andDiscoveries of the late Capt. G. Vancouver.Boston: Joseph Bumpstead, 1801. First American Edition. Duodecimo. vi, 333 pp. Period brown gilttooled speckled full sheep with light brown gilt label. Some browning of text as is usual, mild waters stainon title and first few leaves, extremities mildly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy in very originalcondition.Rare "first American Edition of both the La Perouse and the Vancouver Voyages" (Forbes 331)."Laperouse sailed from France in 1785, with the frigatesAstrolabe and Bousole, to the Pacific and the west coast of NorthAmerica. He was to examine such parts of the region as had not beenexplored by Captain Cook: to seek for an interoceanic passage; tomake scientific observations on the various countries, peoples, andproducts; to obtain reliable information about the fur trade and theextent of the Spanish settlements in California; and to promote ingeneral the inducements for French enterprise in that quarter. Articlestaken along on the voyage to trade with the natives included1,000,000 assorted pins, four large German organs, and fifty-twoplumed dragoon's helmets. The result was that Laperouse madevaluable contributions to the history of geographical discovery,particularly with regard to the American coast and the natives ofAmerica. His labours there furnished geographers with resultswhereby they could check the charts of Russian, English, and Spanishnavigators. The expedition visited, and accounts are given of, EasterIsland, Hawaii, Macao, Formosa, the Aleutian Islands, Samoa, Tonga,and Australia. Laperouse sent his dispatches to France fromKamchatka and Botany Bay. After leaving Botany Bay, the expeditionwas never heard from again. Thirty-nine years later the brokenremnants of his two ships were found on the reef of Vanikoro,one of the Santa Cruz Islands, by Peter Dillon" (Hill p.173)."Vancouver, who had served on Captain Cook's second and third voyages, was made commander ofa grand-scale expedition to reclaim Britain's rights, resulting from the Nootka Convention, at NootkaSound, to examine thoroughly the coast south of 60' in order to find a possible passage to the Atlantic,and to learn what establishments had been founded by other powers. This voyage became one of themost important made in the interests of geographical knowledge" (Hill p. 304); Howes L 93; Sabin 38966.$2500USD66. LAW, Arthur[Watercolour View of the Fraser River in British Colombia] Fraser River Cañon, near Yale, B.C.,1911.Yale B.C., 1911. Watercolor size 31,5x48 cm (12 ¼ x 19 in). Signed "Arthur Law" in the left lowercorner. Later matting with hand drawn borders and manuscript caption. The watercolor is in near finecondition.A very beautifully and skilfully executed watercolor Fraser Canyon near Yale during most likely anIndian summer evening in 1911.6566

"Yale is on the Fraser River and is generally considered to be on the dividing line between the Coastand the Interior. Immediately north of the village the Fraser Canyon begins, and the river is generallyconsidered un-navigable past this point, although rough water is common on the Fraser anywhereupstream from Chilliwack, and even more so above Hope, about 20 miles south of Yale. But steamerscould make it to Yale, good pilots and water conditions permitting, and the town had a busy dockside lifeas well as a variety of bars, restaurants, hotels, saloons and various services. Its maximum populationduring the gold rush was in the 15,000 range, although typically it housed 5-8,000. The higher figurerelates to the evacuation of the Canyon during the Fraser Canyon War of 1858" (Wikipedia).$2750USD6667. LISIANSKY, Urey (Yuri Fedorovich) (1773-1837)[Map of] Sitca or Norfolk Sound Surveyed by Captn.Lisiansky 1805. [From:] Voyage Round the World in the Years1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806 Performed by Order of His ImperialMajesty Alexander the First, Emperor of Russia in the ship Neva.London: John Booth, 1814. A hand coloured copper engravedmap ca. 39,5x25,5 cm (15 ½ x 10 in). Matted map with originalfolds but otherwise in very good condition."Sitka Sound is a body of water near the city of Sitka, Alaska.It is bordered by Baranof Island to the south and the northeast, byKruzof Island to the northwest and by the Pacific Ocean to thesouthwest. During the early 19th century it was a major locus ofthe Maritime Fur Trade" (Wikipedia).This map is from a "most important work dealing withdiscoveries on the N.W. Coast of America. The author was acaptain in the Russian navy and commander of the "Neva." Hevisited Kodiak and Sitka, wintering at the former island, and hislong stay there gave him ample time and scope for a study of the6767

native inhabitants and their habits and customs. The long chart shows the track of the voyage, and thereare charts of the Washington Islands, Cadiack, and the Harbor of St. Paul, the coast from Bering’s Bay toSea Otter Bay, Sitka or Norfolk Sound, etc.; with colored views of the Harbor of St. Paul in the Island ofCadiack and New Archangel in Norfolk Sound. There are also plates of Indian implements, etc. The work isimportant also as the principal source for the Sitka Massacre" (Soliday 873).$750USD68. LISIANSKY, Urey (Yuri Fedorovich) (1773-1837)[Map of the] Island of Island of Cadiack, with its Environs 1805 [From:] Voyage Round the Worldin the Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806 Performed by Order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First,Emperor of Russia in the ship Neva.London: John Booth, 1814. A hand coloured copper engraved map ca. 27x20 cm (10 ½ x 8 in).Matted map in very good condition."Kodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of theU.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by theShelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago,Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States andthe 80th largest island in the world" (Wikipedia).This map is from a "most important work dealing withdiscoveries on the N.W. Coast of America. The author was acaptain in the Russian navy and commander of the "Neva." Hevisited Kodiak and Sitka, wintering at the former island, and hislong stay there gave him ample time and scope for a study of thenative inhabitants and their habits and customs. The long chartshows the track of the voyage, and there are charts of theWashington Islands, Cadiack, and the Harbor of St. Paul, thecoast from Bering’s Bay to Sea Otter Bay, Sitka or Norfolk Sound,etc.; with colored views of the Harbor of St. Paul in the Island ofCadiack and New Archangel in Norfolk Sound. There are alsoplates of Indian implements, etc. The work is important also as68the principal source for the Sitka Massacre" (Soliday 873).$575USD69. M'DOUGALL, George F. (c.1825-1871)The Eventful Voyage of the H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in Search of SirJohn Franklin and the Missing Crews of H.M. Discovery Ships "Erebus" and "Terror," 1852, 1853, 1854.To Which is Added an Account of her Being Fallen in with by an American Whaler After herAbandonment in Barrow Straits, and of her Presentation to Queen Victoria by the Government of theUnited States.London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. First Edition. Octavo. xl, 530, [1]; 24pp. With 8 chromo-lithographs, 24 woodcuts, and a hand colored folding map. Original brown blindstamped patterned gilt cloth. Some moderate foxing, otherwise a very good copy."The Resolute, commanded by Captain Henry Kellett, formed part of the five-ship search force sentout under the overall command of Rear Admiral Sir Edward Belcher. Leaving one ship, The North Star, at68

Beechey Island as a base, the other four ships made important explorations as they searchedunsuccessfully for Franklin. In May of 1854, convinced that the four ships could not be freed from the ice,Belcher ordered the squadron abandoned. Kellet objected strongly, believing the abandonmentpremature. Later naval historians have tended to agree with Kellett. The crews traveled over the ice fortwo weeks, until they reached the North Star and returned in her to England. The Resolute freed herselffrom the ice and drifted unharmed for a thousand miles before being recovered and ultimately presentedto Queen Victoria"(Hill 1124); "Kellett and McClintock turned their attention to the search for Franklin'sexpedition and the exploration of new lands in the vicinity of Melville Island" (Howgego 1850-1940 PolarRegions, B15); Arctic Bibliography 10603; Sabin 43183.$1950USD70. MOHUN, Edward (1838-1912)Map of the Province of British Columbia Compiled and Drawn by Edward Mohun, C.E. ByDirection of the Honorable W. Smithe, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works.Victoria B.C.: Lands and Works, 1884. Map lithographed and printed in four colours ca. 49x56 cm(19x22 in). Map mounted on linen and housed in period dark green gilt tooled straight-grained full sheepcovers. Covers mildly worn at extremities and spine chipped at head and foot and hinges cracked,otherwise a very good map in very original condition.Worldcat only locates eleven copies of this rare map which shows the soon to be completedCanadian Pacific Railway. The map was engraved and printed in Edinburgh by J. Bartholomew and waspublished by the Dawson Brothers in Montreal.Edward Mohun "arrived inVictoria in June of 1862. He wasmarried to Emmeline JaneNewton (widow of W.H. Newton)in New Westminster in 1878.From 1863-1871 he worked as asurveyor throughout VancouverIsland, the Okanagan, FraserValley and Haida Gwaii. In 1871and 1872 he was a the CanadianPacific Railway DivisionalEngineer of the "H Party" incharge of surveying theYellowhead and Eagle Pass.Mohun was appointed as asurveyor to the Joint IndianReserve Commission in 1876. Hesurveyed reserve allotmentsthroughout Vancouver Island andthe coastal areas. In 1884, with70the direction of the HonourableW. Smithe, Chief Commissionerof Lands and works, Mohun created a map of the Province of British Columbia" (Federal and ProvincialCollections of Minutes of Decision, Correspondence, and Sketches Online). The covers were produced byM.W. Waitt & Co., a printer/publisher established in Victoria BC in 1877, who sold the map.$1500USD69

71. MUELLER, G[erhard] P. [Friedrich] (1705-1783)[Voyages and Discoveries made by the Russians] Voyages et Découvertes faites par les Russes lelong des côtes de la Mer Glaciale et sur l'Océan Oriental, tant vers le Japon que vers l'Amerique. On y ajoint L’Histoire du fleuve Amur et des pays adjacens, depuis la conquête des Russes [Voyages andDiscoveries made by the Russians along the coast of the Arctic Ocean and the Eastern Ocean, both inJapan and America. With the History of the River Amur and adjacent countries, since the conquest byRussia] / Translated from the German into French by C.G.F. Dumas.Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1766. First French edition. Small Octavo, 2 vols. in one. x, [2] 388; iv,207 [25 Table des Matieres, Advertisements] pp. With a large folding engraved map. Handsome period fullpolished mottled calf, spine gilt lettered with red morocco label, edges coloured. A near fine copy.The first French translation of Müller’s very important description of the Great Northern Expeditionto Kamchatka and the Northwest coast of America (1733-43) under the command of Vitus Bering and witha history of Russian discoveries in the Arctic and Pacific oceans made up to 1749. The book was publishedfor the first time in Saint Petersburg in 1758; both a Russian (in ‘Ezhemesiachnie Sochineniia’ magazine,Jan-May, Jul-Nov 1758) and a German (Sammlung Russischer Geschichte, B. III) versions were issued thesame year.71The significance of Müller’s work is found in the many first hand reports and manuscript accountsdiscovered by him in Yakutsk and Irkutsk archives while working there as a member of Bering’sexpedition. His publications were the main source of original material for both European and Russianscientific communities. As Sabin notes, it is "indispensable for the history of discovery and exploration inthe Northern Pacific." Professor Golder considered Miller’s work "the most important book" aboutBering’s expedition and added that "although a lot of ink and paper has been spent to describe Bering’svoyage since then [1758], little has been added to what had been already known to us from Müller’swork" (Golder, Bering’s Voyages, vol. 1. New York, 1922, p. 352-353).Müller compiled his work as a refutation to a somewhat controversial publication by Nicolas Delislewho had left Russian Academy of Sciences with a scandal in 1747. Delisle account based on intelligence70

gathered by his brother, Delisle de la Croyère, who was an astronomer of Bering’s expedition 1733-43.Nicolas Delisle’s map "Carte des nouvelles découvertes au nord de la mer du Sud, tant à l’est de la Sibérieet du Kamtschatka," and the text explanation "Explication de la carte des nouvelles découvertes" (bothpublished in Paris, 1752) contained several significant errors and inaccuracies. On special assignment ofthe President of Russian Academy, Müller made a map entitled "Nouvelle Carte decouvertes faites pardes vaisseaux Russiens aux cotes inconnues de l'Amerique Septentrionale avec les Pais Adiacents" whichwas first published in 1754 (only a few copies printed, Lada-Mocarski) and then in 1758, with significantadditions and improvements it was re-issued. The map showed the territory from the Ob river to thePacific, and "confirmed the existence of a body of water between Asia and America, the subject of muchdispute prior to that time; it was the first to give an approximate picture of what is now the Alaskanpeninsula" (Lathrop Harper Auctions). This 1758 map was included in the first French edition.One of the most notable paragraphs of Müller’s work contains the first description of SemenDezhnev’s expedition through the strait between Asia and America in 1648, which will be later calledBering Strait, thus determining that Dezhnev was the discoverer of the strait. "This fact was forgotten inthe following 88 years and would be completely lost if it were not for Müller’s search in the archives ofYakutsk" (Lada-Mocarski, p. 78).Müller also tried to give a historical proof for Russia’s rights for Bering Strait and the adjacentAmerican territories. The same goal lies behind the second article, which describes the Amur River and allits tributaries. It was compiled in 1740 on the urgent assignment from Russian Empress Anna Ioannovna,who wanted to use it as a basis for establishing the new border with China. Müller notes about Amur’simportance in possible future navigations to Japan, Kamchatka, trade with India and China and verycarefully hints at the possibilities of Russian colonial annexations in the Pacific: "our intentions aboutJapan and the American discoveries will be easier to realise." The article was first published in Russian in1757 (‘Ezhemesiachnie Sochineniia, Jul-Oct); and in German in Büsching’s Magazin (Bd. II).The book is supplemented with an index of subjects and personal and geographical names, andRey’s catalogue of books to sale. "This French translation by Charles Guillaume Frédéric Dumas (ca. 1725-1780) is said to be fuller and far superior to the English translation published by Jefferys in 1761" (Hill1201); Howes M-875; Sabin 51286; Wickersham 6333; Wagner, Cartography, 615; Lada-Mocarski (German& English editions. Only) 15 & 17: Miller, [History of Siberia] (3 vols., Moscow, 2000-2005).$5250USD72. NARES, Captain George S., Sir (bap. 1831 - d. 1915)Journals and Proceedings of the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6; [With] a Carte de Visite Photograph ofNares produced by J. Griffin & Co. London ca. 1878.London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1877. First Edition With a Carte de Visite Photograph ofNares. Folio. vii, 484 pp. With text illustrations plus nine uncolored maps (seven folding), seven coloredmaps (six folding), and sixteen plates (twelve folding). Period navy patterned gilt lettered full cloth. A nearfine copy.This work is the official British government report of the Arctic Expedition of 1876-7 commanded byCaptain George S. Nares. The expedition's primary objective was to attain the highest northern latitudeand, if possible, to reach the North Pole, and from winter quarters to explore the adjacent coasts withinthe reach of traveling parties. The expedition was the first to sail ships through the channel betweenGreenland and Ellesmere Island and as far north as the Lincoln Sea. A sledging party under Captain AlbertHastings Markham also set a new record on land, reaching as far north as 83° 20'.The "British Arctic expedition of 1875-6, in the vessels Alert and Discovery, [had] the chief aim ofwhich was to reach the north pole. Reports of the American expeditions of Isaac Israel Hayes, 1860-61,and C. F. Hall, 1870-73, had revived the belief in an open polar sea and suggested that land extended far71

to the north, west of Robeson Channel. Both these theories proved tobe wrong, but at the time they indicated the Smith Sound route asthe best line of advance to the pole. The vessels sailed on 29 May1875 and reached winter quarters on the coast of Grinnell Land(Ellesmere Island), the Discovery in latitude 81°44' N., and the Alert,with Nares, in latitude 82°27' N ‘the most northerly point hithertoreached in the Canadian Arctic’ (Levere, 281). The following springsledge parties were sent out. That led by Lieutenant Pelham Aldrichof the Alert explored the north coast of Ellesmere Island westwards.They reached its most northerly point (Cape Columbia) and continuedto Cape Alfred Ernest (Alert Point) before turning back, havingcharted some 400 km of new coastline (Hattersley-Smith, 121).Lieutenant Lewis A. Beaumont of the Discovery followed the coast ofGreenland northwards to Sherard Osborn Fjord. Meanwhile, a partyled by Commander A. H. Markham of the Alert struck out over the icein an attempt to get to the pole. They reached 83°20' N, a heroicachievement considering that the pack ice was extremely rough, andalso drifting south almost as fast as they were travelling northwards.Their experience and an outbreak of scurvy affecting both ships led72Nares to call off the entire expedition and return home early, in the latesummer of 1876" (Oxford DNB).This official work includes reports of the expedition's two ships, the Alert and the Discovery, andvarious autumn 1875 and spring 1876 traveling parties (including journals of the various sledge parties).The volume provides incredible detail concerning the daily activities and experience of the expedition,including descriptions of the ice, weather, wildlife, vegetation, and the health and activities of themembers of the expedition. The appendix: Nares' report on the quality and quantity of the provisions, isalso of great interest, noting which supplies were particularly worthwhile and which items were useless.Howgego 1850-1940, Polar Regions N6.$3850USD73. NARES, Captain George S., Sir (bap. 1831 - d. 1915)Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-6 inH.M. Ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery'...,With Notes on the NaturalHistory, Edited by H. W. Feilden, Naturalist to the Expedition.London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878.First Edition. Octavo, 2 vols. xl, 395; viii, 378, 32 pp. With twofolding maps, six woodbury type photographs, eight other plates,including a chromolithograph, and 38 woodcuts in text. Originalpublisher's green gilt cloth. With library blind stamps on somepages and plates, and with a map and hinge reinforced with oldarchival tape, otherwise a very good set."The scope and primary objective of which should be to attainthe highest northern latitude, and, if possible, to reach the NorthPole, and from winter quarters to explore the adjacent coasts withinthe reach of traveling parties, the limits of ship navigation beingconfined within the meridians of 20 and 90 west longitude" (ArcticBibliography 12026); Howgego 1850-1940 Polar Regions, N6.7372

"The vessels sailed on 29 May 1875 and reached winter quarters on the coast of Grinnell Land(Ellesmere Island), the Discovery in latitude 81°44' N., and the Alert, with Nares, in latitude 82°27' N ‘themost northerly point hitherto reached in the Canadian Arctic’ (Levere, 281). The following spring sledgeparties were sent out. That led by Lieutenant Pelham Aldrich of the Alert explored the north coast ofEllesmere Island westwards. They reached its most northerly point (Cape Columbia) and continued toCape Alfred Ernest (Alert Point) before turning back, having charted some 400 km of new coastline(Hattersley-Smith, 121). Lieutenant Lewis A. Beaumont of the Discovery followed the coast of Greenlandnorthwards to Sherard Osborn Fjord. Meanwhile, a party led by Commander A. H. Markham of the Alertstruck out over the ice in an attempt to get to the pole. They reached 83°20' N, a heroic achievementconsidering that the pack ice was extremely rough, and also drifting south almost as fast as they weretravelling northwards. Their experience and an outbreak of scurvy affecting both ships led Nares to call offthe entire expedition and return home early, in the late summer of 1876.This was a morally courageous action which undoubtedly prevented further loss of life. Nares was ahumane man, but acting within the rigid structures of the Victorian navy. When one of the sublieutenantsshot a seal (a vital source of fresh food for the scurvy sufferers) he ‘was reprimanded by Naresfor disturbing the ship's company at divine service. However, he was later congratulated in the wardroomby the captain on his marksmanship’ (Hattersley-Smith, 124). It would be unfair to blame Nares alone formistakes in planning the expedition, though he was responsible for the low priority given to scientificwork (perhaps a reflection of his experiences in the Challenger.) In spite of this, valuable scientific as wellas geographical results had been obtained. Nares wrote a narrative of the expedition, A Voyage to thePolar Sea (1878)" (Oxford DNB).$1250USD74. NORDENSKIÖLD, Nils Adolf Erik (1832-1901)[Autograph Letter Signed ‘A.E. Nordenskiöld’ to a Princess (‘Hoheite Fürstin’), in German AboutNordenskiöld's trip to Roma the next day; [With] a Carte-de-Visite Photo of Nordenskiöld by AdolfHalwas (Berlin) showing him head and shoulders in slight profile].Letter: Napoli, 19 February 1880. On afolded octavo leaf (17,5x22,5 cm). 2 pp. Mildfold marks, otherwise a fine letter. Photograph:Berlin: Adolf Halwas, ca. 1889. 10.5 x6 cm (4 x2 ¼ in). Period ink inscriptions "Nordenskiöld"on recto . Removed from album withcorresponding loss of printed surface on verso,but still a very good photograph.The letter was written by a renownedpolar explorer Adolf Erik Nordeskiöld shortlyafter he had completed his famous Vegaexpedition 1878-1879 which was the firstcomplete crossing of the Northeast Passageand the first circumnavigation of the Eurasiancontinent."On 22 June 1878 the ship set out from74Sweden through the Northeast Passage around the north coast of Eurasia. Blocked by ice on 28September of that year only 120 miles (200 km) short of the Bering Strait marking the eastern end of Asia,the ship was not freed until 18 July 1879. Two days later East Cape was passed, and Vega became the firstship to complete a voyage through the Northeast Passage. Returning by way of the Western Pacific,73

Indian Ocean, and Suez Canal, Vega also became the first vessel to circumnavigate the Eurasiancontinent" (Wikipedia).The letter was written by Nordeskiöld on his way back to Sweden, as it’s known that he returned toStockholm only two months later, on April 24th 1880. In the letter the explorer thanks the princess for herletters and good words about him and mentions ‘a dozen of letters and telegrams’ he has to send, as wellas his early leave for Rome the next day.Freiherr Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld was a Finnish baron, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorerof Finnish-Swedish origin. He was a member of the prominent Finland-Swedish Nordenskiöld family ofscientists. Born in the Grand Duchy of Finland at the time when it was a part of the Russian Empire, hewas later, due to his political activity, forced to live in political exile in Sweden, where he later wouldbecome a member of the Parliament of Sweden and the Swedish Academy. He is most remembered forthe Vega expedition along the northern coast of Eurasia, which he led in 1878-1879. This was the firstcomplete crossing of the Northeast Passage (Wikipedia).$1500USD75. PALLIN, Hugo Nikolaus (1880-1953)[Six Photograph Albums with 516 Original Photographs of Pallin’s Mountaineering Expedition toWest Greenland, 1936].In total 516 images, the vast majority ca. 8,5x12,5 cm (3 ¼ x 4 ¾ in) or slightly smaller, mounted onstiff cardboard leaves. Over 30 images with period pencil captions and notes on verso in Swedish. Allalbums original, cardboard or imitation leather, stitched through on top and bottom of spines. One albumwith the rear board bent, some with boards slightly rubbed or soiled, otherwise a very good collection withbright, strong images.[With: A Presentation Copy of the Printed Account of the Expedition]: PALLIN, H.N. Mountainsand Glaciers in West Greenland. Six albums, all Oblong Folio (ca. 24x33 cm): five with 12 leaves, onewith 6 leaves. 1936.London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co, 1937. Offprint from "The Alpine Journal," November 1937.Octavo. 190-202, [1] p. With 3 plates (1 folding). Original publisher’s wrapper. With Pallin’s presentationinscription on the front wrapper "To Mr. Donald W. Brown, with compliments from H.N. Pallin." Near finecopy.A unique extensive collectiondocumenting Hugo Pallin’smountaineering and glacier researchexpedition to West Greenland insummer 1936. He proceeded fromCopenhagen on the SS Hans Egedeand went along the coast of WesternGreenland, visiting Umanak(Uummannaq), Nugssuaq (Nuussuaq)Peninsula (Uummannaq district) andPröven. After that he went up northon the coast schooner Sigrid toUpernavik Island, and extensivelyclimbed it in the vicinity of its highestpeak Sanderson’s Hope. Togetherwith J. Bjarnow, the district medicalofficer in Upernavik town, Pallin7574

proceeded up north on motorboat to MelvilleBay, usually inaccessible in summer, as the maindestination. There the party made severalascents of Devil’s Thumb, Cape Seddon,mountains of Holms Island, Nuussuaq Peninsula(Upernavik Archipelago) and a number of smallislands. In the end of his journey Pallin also wentto the Wegener Peninsula, a site of the fourthand last expedition to Greenland (1930) of arenowned German polar researcher AlfredWegener (1880-1930). Pallin went across theQaumarujuk Glacier and examined Wegener’swinter house erected on the inland ice.The photographs taken by Pallin himself,give a detailed account of the expedition andcover from the departure from Copenhagen tothe final trip across the Wegener peninsula.Pallin’s mountaineering trips are documented atgreat length, including artistic views ofsurrounding landscape (mountains, glaciers,ocean, waterways) and close up views of theroutes; portraits of Pallin, his companions andguides (e.g. Native Greenlander Martin Hammudand J. Bjarnow), shots taken on board HansEgede and Sigrid et al. A series of pictures fromthe site of Alfred Wegener’s expedition issignificant, showing the winter house, theremains of Wegener’s innovative propellerdrivensnowmobile and numerous abandonedcanisters with gasoline, some of which Pallin’sparty took with them. Other images includeseveral scenes on the SS Hans Egede on its wayfrom Denmark, with its crew and passengers,and ships met on the way; views of Greenlandtowns and coastal settlements, several churches(including new Upernavik church built in 1926).There are also quite a few vivid images of theGreenland natives - kayakers, families, children,scenes in the settlements and on board HansEgede and Sigrid.The albums contain the originals of alleight images and two large panoramas (dividedinto four parts) published in Pallin’s articles"Mountains and Glaciers in West Greenland"which is added to the set. Overall a beautifulcollection created and assembled with realinspiration. Pallin recounted:75. Hugo Pallin on the summit of a mountain,Greenland75. Greenland native inhabitants75. Pallin next to the winter house ofWegener's expedition75

"The view over Umanak fjord from thisterrace was one of the most magnificent I haveseen. Above the tide waters of the fjord rose agrand Alpine landscape. On the surface of thepale turquoise-blue water floated innumerableicebergs, looking from up here like the whitesails of a squadron of pleasure yachts. Theicebergs were calving unceasingly in the greatsummer heat, and the roar of the calvingsounded like the cannonade from a navalbattle" (Mountains and Glaciers, p. 193-194).75. Pallin's tent in the Uummannaq fjord"Hugo Nikolaus (‘Nils’) Pallin was a Swedish civil engineer, a keen alpinist and traveller. He achievedthe first winter ascent of Kebnekaise (2123 m.), Sweden's highest mountain, in 1908, of Sarektjakko in1916, and of Kaskasatjakko in 1920. He also climbed several other 2000 m. Peaks in Swedish Lapland. Hedescribed some of his adventures in Kebnekaise. Färder och äventyr i Lappland (Stockholm, 1927). In1920-21 he accompanied Otto Nordenskiöld’s expedition to West Patagonia as cartographer, and himselfled geographical parties to Spitsbergen in 1922, 1923, and 1928, to Iceland in 1935, and to WestGreenland in 1936. In 1937 he published a work entitled Mountains and glaciers in West Greenland"(Polar Record. Vol. 7. Issue 50. May 1955. P. 431)."Pallin was a secretary of the Lapland Mountaineering club (1920), one of the founders and firstpresident of the Swedish Army Reserve Association (1924), a member of the British Alpine Club (1929) etal. He discovered several new 2000-meter peaks in Lapland and conducted a ski trip from the Arctic Oceanto the Kattegat (1927-28). He was the author of over 10 books and publications about mountaineering,including map of Mt. Akkafjället (1920), "Swedish mountain catalog" (Svensk fjällkatalog, 1922), whichwas purchased by the Swedish Tourist Association, and a revised edition of Petrus Tillaeus’ famous map ofStockholm (1925). Pallin was the editor of "The Road" ("Vägen") magazine since 1936" (Wikipedia).$12,500USD76. PALMERSTON, Temple Henry John (1784-1865)[CAPTAIN EDWARD BELCHER’S CIRCUMNAVIGATION 1836-1842] Manuscript Dispatch from theForeign Office (London) to H.M. Consul in Guayaquil, Walter Cope, notifying Commander Belcher’sDeparture to the Pacific Ocean, to Survey the West Coast of America, Requesting the Consul to Explainto the Government of New Granada Belcher’s Mission and Asking Assistance from the EcuadorianAuthorities. The dispatch is written by a secretary, marked "№ 4" and signed "Palmerston."London, 15 November 1836. Three pages. Ca. 31x20 cm (12 ¼x 8 in) Watermarked laid paper withcentrefold. Fine condition.The dispatch signed by Henry Palmerston while the head of the British Foreign Office (1830-1841)concerns Edward Belcher’s circumnavigation on HMS Sulphur in 1836-42. It informs the British Consul inGuayaquil that "Commander Belcher" is being sent by the Admiralty to complete "the survey of theWestern Coast of America," and instructs him to request the Government of New Granada to support theexpedition: "to afford to Captain Belcher and to the Officers under his Command, such friendly assistanceand good offices as may facilitate the satisfactory execution of the Duties with which they are charged."76

The Consul is also obliged to inform the Ecuadorian authorities that "when the proposed Survey shall becompleted, HMS Government will be happy to present the Granadian Government with a copy of it." Thedispatch finishes with the description of Belcher’s route to South America: "Commander Belcher willproceed in the first instance to Panama crossing the Isthmus from Chagres, and on his arrival at theformer Port, he will take the command of the vessels which have been placed under his orders.""In November 1836 [Belcher] was appointed tothe Sulphur, a surveying ship, then on the west coast ofSouth America, from which Captain Beechey had beenobliged to invalid out. During the next three years theSulphur was employed on the west coast of both Northand South America, and at the end of 1839 receivedorders to return to England by the western route. Aftervisiting several of the island groups in the south Pacificand making such observations as time permitted,Belcher arrived at Singapore in October 1840, where hewas ordered back to China, because of the war there;during the following year he was actively engaged,especially in operations in the Canton River. The Sulphurfinally arrived in England in July 1842, after a commission of nearly seven years. Belcher had already beenadvanced to post rank (6 May 1841) and was made a CB (14 October 1841); in January 1843 he was madea knight, and that year published his Narrative of a Voyage Round the World Performed in H.M.S. Sulphurduring the Years 1836-42 (2 vols.)" (Oxford DNB).$1500USD77. PARRY, Captain William Edward (1790-1855)Journal of a Second Voyage forthe Discovery of a North-West Passagefrom the Atlantic to the Pacific fromthe Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed inthe Years 1821-22-23, In His Majesty'sShips Fury and Hecla.London: John Murray, 1824. FirstEdition with a Signed Letter by Parry.Quarto. xxx, [ii], 571, [1] pp. With afrontispiece and 30 other aquatints andcopper engraved plates, and eightfolding copper engraved maps andcoastal panoramas. Handsome periodbrown gilt tooled half calf and marbledboards. Hinges with some cracks butholding, otherwise a very good copy.77[With]: [An Autograph Letter Signed by Parry to an Unknown "My Dear Friend" Regarding Parry’sfamily and their new home in the Regent’s Park].Admiralty, 17 May 1837. 3 pp. On a folded octavo leaf (18,5x23 cm). Brown ink on laid paper;slightly later ink inscription on the first page "Captain Parry, the Arctic navigator." Mild fold marks, tracesof paper on the forth page as the letter had been attached to a book or a sheet of paper, otherwise a verygood letter.7677

"The letter was written after Parry had returned from Australia where he served in 1829-34 as theCommissioner of the Australian Agricultural Company based at Tahlee (northern shore of Port Stephens,New South Wales). At the time of writing this letter Parry was a newly appointed "supervisor of thepacket service (overseas mail) of the Admiralty, which had been transferred from the Post Office to theAdmiralty in January 1837, and was responsible for negotiating contracts with steamship companies forcarrying the mails to India and elsewhere." He was also a "controller of steam machinery at the Admiraltyfrom April 1837 to December 1846" (Oxford DNB).In the letter Parry mentions that he will be "in the midst of preparations to receive my dear wifeand little ones, after a separation, more or less, of nearly 5 months." His wife, Isabella Louisa Parry (1801-1839), daughter of John Thomas Stanley, first Baron Stanley of Alderley, was a sketcher and collector. Shemarried Parry on 23 October 1826 and accompanied him to Australia where she designed and drew theplan of the Agricultural Company's chapel of St John at nearby Stroud (Design and Art Australia on-line).Sixteen drawings by Isabella Parry are now in the collection of the Scott Polar Research Institute,University of Cambridge.77Parry also mentions his "elder Boy Edward" – one of four Parry’s surviving children. Edward Parry(1830-1890) became suffragan bishop of Dover and wrote a biography of his father entitled Memoirs ofRear-Admiral Sir W. E. Parry (1857).In the letter Parry tells his unidentified correspondent that he has "just concluded a bargain for ahouse N 2 [?] Gloucester Terrace, in the Regent’s Park, for 3 months from the 25th - so that I hope wemay now have a prospect of seeing something of you and yours occasionally."“After proving on his first voyage that Lancaster Sound did in fact exist, and that Ross' Crokermountains were imaginary, Parry set out to test his theory that the Northwest Passage could be foundfarther south, on the northwest corner of Hudson Bay. "Parry sailed on another arctic expedition in May,1821, and was twice frozen in for several months, but made many explorations and discoveries by sea andby land. He became a captain in November of that year and in 1823 was appointed acting hydrographerto the Admiralty. This work deals with the characteristics of the Eskimos and is a treatise on aboriginal lifeas well as a narrative of scientific discoveries" (Hill 1312); these are some of the first anthropologicaldescriptions of the Inuit, and Parry and his men owed much of their survival to learning the techniques ofthese people; Arctic Bibliography 13142; Howgego 1800-1850, P10; Sabin 58864.$1500USD78

78. PEDDER, John (1850-1929) & CAINE, William Sproston (1842-1903)[Collection of Eighteen Watercolours and Drawings of the Canadian Rockies and British Columbiawith two Drawings of Niagara and Japan. Sixteen of These Works were used to Illustrate the Book byW.S. Caine M.P.: "A Trip Around the World in 1887-8" London: Routledge, 1888].British Columbia, [1887-8]. Eighteen watercolours and ink drawings, individually matted. Housed ina recent black cloth clamshell box, with a maroon gilt titled morocco label. The collection is in very goodcondition.W.S. Caine, a British politician and Temperance advocate, started his around world journey inLiverpool and then crossed the Atlantic to Quebec, where he went overland crossing Canada to B.C., andthen continued his trip to Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ceylon and India. With the exception of oneNiagara picture and one drawing in Japan, all of these works were done in the Canadian Rockies or BritishColumbia. Caine produced four of the works while John Pedder produced the remaining fourteen. TheB.C. Archives holds an additional four of Pedder's B.C. Ink drawings used as illustrations in the book. Caineand Pedder were skilled artists in both ink and watercolour, which is clearly shown in this collection:1) "The Whirlpool Rapids – Niagara"(Illustration p.31). Ink drawing, 5½ x 6¾inches.2) "Calgary Canada - Rocky Mountainsin Distance" (By W.S. Caine) (Illustrationp.59). Watercolour with touches ofgouache, over pencil, 4¼ x 7½ inches.3) "The Bow River leaving the RockyMountains at the Gap. Near CalgaryCanada" (Illustration p.69 "The Gap:Entrance to the Rocky Mountains)Initialed: "J P.". Watercolor with touchesof gouache, over pencil, 8¼ x 14 inches.4) "Castle Mountain Range - NationalPark - Rocky Mountains - Canada" (By W.S.Caine) (Illustration p.72 "CastleMountain"). Ink drawing, 4¼ x 8 inches.Backed. A few small holes in upperborder and margin.5) "The National Park. RockyMountains. Canada" (Illustration p.73"View of Banff from above theSanatorium" ). Initialed: "J P." Watercolorand ink with touches of gouache, overpencil, 7¼ x 12¼ inches.6) "Cascade Mountain - National Park- Rocky Mountains - Canada" (By W.S.Caine) (Illustration p.80). Ink drawing, 4¼x 8 inches. Backed. A few small holes inupper border and margin78. The Monarchs of the Rocky Mountains -Cathedral Peak, Mount Stephen, by J. Pedder78. Untitled79

7) "W.S. and Hannah Caine on theBow River - Rocky Mountains - Canada"(Illustration p.81) Signed: "J. Pedder".Watercolor with touches of gouache,over pencil, 8¼ x 12 inches. Backed.Margins chipped; short, clean tearaffecting inch and a half near lowerborder (repaired).8) ["Vermillion Lake, NationalPark"] (Illustration p.85). Watercolourwith touches of gouache, 6¾ x 10½inches. Backed. Margins chipped withone-inch tear above lower border(repaired).9) "Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel-National Park - Canada" (Illustrationp.91). Initialed: "J P." Ink drawing, 8½ x4 ½inches.10) "The Hermit Range SelkirkMountains" (Illustration p.92).Watercolour with touches of gouache,5¾ x 6 inches (entire sheet).11) "Summit Lake RockyMountains" (Illustration p.93). Initialed:"J P." Ink, 8¾ x 6½ inches (entire sheet).Mounted. Margins chipped.12) [Kicking Horse Pass](Illustration p.96) Initialed: "J. P." Inkdrawing, 6¼ x 10½ inches.13) ["The Monarchs of the RockyMountains - Cathedral Peak - MountStephen"] (Illustration p.99).Watercolour with touches of gouache,over pencil, 8¼ x 13 inches.14) ["Mount Sir Donald and78. W.S. and Hannah Caine on the BowRiver, Rocky Mountains, by J. Pedder78. Indians catching Salmon, Fraser River,British Columbia, by J. Pedderthe Great Glacier"] (Illustration p.107) Signed: "J. Pedder Dec." Watercolour and ink with touches ofgouache, over pencil, 8½ x 12½ inches.15) "Indians catching Salmon - Fraser River - British Columbia" (Illustration p.121). Mounted. Image5½ x 6 inches. Margins chipped.16) "Nikko Japan" (By W.S. Caine) (Illustration p.176 "Row of Buddhas at Nikko: Nan-Tai-SanMountains in the Distance). Ink drawing, 6¼ x 10½ inches. One and a half inches loss of top surface ofpaper near lower border.Not Illustrated in the Book:17) "Above St. Andre...[?]. Dated...[?] 24/[8?]6." Pencil, heightened in white, on blue paper, 9¾ x13¼ inches. Short tear in upper edge.18) [Untitled illustration of Rocky Mountains]. Watercolour with touches of gouache, 7 x 10 inches.$17,500USD80

79. PERRÈ, Henri (1828-1890)[Watercolour of a River (Fraser?) Between Mountains in the Interior of British Columbia].Ca. 1878. Watercolour mounted on original backing board ca. 20,5x30,5 cm (8x12 in). Pencisinscription "Henri Perre, Canadian View" on the verso of the mounting board. Some minor foxing of upperright corner, otherwise in very good condition.This watercolour by Perre shows a river landscape between mountains with a native Americanfigure at the water's edge. This watercolour is from Perre's visit to British Columbia after he had visitedColorado and California in 1878. The painting possibly shows the Fraser River north of Lillooet."Henri Perré studied art in Dresdenbefore being forced to flee to the UnitedStates after fighting in the 1849 uprisingsin Saxony. References to his Americancareer are primarily anecdotes of hisfriends who related that he had lived thelife of a confirmed bachelor in theCarolinas, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chicagobefore fighting in the Confederate armyduring the Civil War. He had made a briefvisit to Toronto in 1854 and moved therein 1863. Perré, described by Canadianfriends as eccentric but popular, lived inToronto for much of the balance of his79life, in the city’s downtown district and fora time in the quarters of the Ontario Society of Artists.Principally a landscape artist, he not only painted in the Don valley and the Toronto environs butalso made numerous sketching trips by railway: to Ancaster, Dundas, and Preston, Ont., in 1874 and 1881;to Bic and Matapédia, Que., in 1882; as well as to Muskoka and Owen Sound, Ont. However, during 1877-78 he visited Philadelphia, with fellow artist John Wesley Bridgman, and painted along the Schuylkill andShenandoah rivers. Titles of his paintings indicate that in 1878 he visited Colorado and California at thetime when Thomas Moran and other American artists were discovering the west, and several BritishColumbia views suggest that he went north from California to sketch there before that province had beenlinked to central Canada by rail.Perré’s rural landscapes, primarilyin oil and water-colour, are usuallymodest in size, with the exception of thelarge Niagara Falls. His realistic style isallied to that of the late Hudson Riverschool of painters and othercontemporary American landscapists.Despite his large output (approximately150 works were exhibited at OntarioSociety of Artists and Royal CanadianAcademy exhibitions between 1874 and791889), few are now in public collections.His academy diploma work, Landscape (in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa), and a water-colour,Cliff and cove (in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto), are landscapes characterized by minute figures ascentral themes surrounded by trees, rocks, and water.81

While teaching the antique, drawing from casts of classical sculpture, at the Ontario School of Art(now the Ontario College of Art), Toronto, from 1876 to 1882, Perré instructed the school’s earlystudents, including George Agnew Reid. He probably also influenced the youthful Homer RansfordWatson, whom he met at the Toronto photographic studio of William Notman. They may have beensketching companions given the fact that Perré’s Dundas Road and Watson’s The old Dundas Road(National Gallery of Canada) both date from 1881. Perré was elected a member of the Ontario Society ofArtists in 1874 and was a close associate of society members who proposed him as a charter member ofthe Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1880. He exhibited with both societies, as well as at the ArtAssociation of Montreal and at the Toronto Industrial Exhibition. His paintings were displayed in theCanadian sections at the Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, 1876, and the Colonial andIndian Exhibition, London, 1886" (Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online).$1750USD80. PIM, Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan (1826-1886), [ARCTIC EXPLORER][Autograph Letter Signed "Bedford Pim" to Don Carlos Gutierrez (1818-1882), MinisterPlenipotentiary, Honduras Government, with the Latter’s Signed Note, Countersigned by Pim inReceipt].London: 2 Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C., 15July 1872. Quarto (ca. 22,5x19,5 cm (9 x 7 ½in).Four pages with only two filled in. Laidwatermarked paper with printed addressletterhead and a penny Inland Revenue stamp onthe second page; text written in ink in a legiblehand. Paper mildly sunned and aged, and withfolds, but overall the letter is in a very goodcondition.Captain Bedford Pim, R.N. Was a Britishnaval officer, arctic explorer and barrister. Pim"served under Captain Henry Kellett on the Heraldfrom 1845 to 1849. In that year he was lent forduty on the brig Plover; having wintered inKotzebue Sound, Alaska, he made a journey inMarch and April 1850 to Mikhailovsky in search ofSir John Franklin.., [Then in 1852 on board theResolute he] served under Sir Edward Belcher inthe western division of his Arctic search expedition.In the following October, when the Resolute was inwinter quarters off Melville Island, a travellingparty discovered in a cairn on the island the80information (placed there by McClure the previous April) that McClure's ship, the Investigator, was iceboundin Mercy Harbour, Banks Land, 160 miles off. It was too late in the season to attempt acommunication, but on 10 March 1853 Pim was sent as a volunteer in charge of a sledge to Banks Land.The journey was accomplished in twenty-eight days: on 6 April Pim safely reached the vessel, only just intime to relieve the sick and enfeebled crew.., [Then] In June 1859 he was appointed to the Gorgon, forservice in Central America. While stationed off Grey Town he originated and surveyed the Nicaraguanroute for an isthmian canal through Mosquito and Nicaragua. While on the station he purchased a bay onthe Atlantic shore, for which he was censured by the lords of the Admiralty in May 1860" (Oxford DNB).82

This letter concerns his salary as "Special Commissioner of Honduras" to which he was appointed toon the "23rd of May." Proposing payment "on the quarter days usual in this country," Pim includes thedetails of the first two proposed payments and "Incidental expenses." The letter is docketed, at the footof the second page, "in the name & on behalf of the Honduras Government & as MinisterPlenipotentiary." and signed "Carlos Gutierrez." Countersigned by Pim in receipt of £550 over a pennyInland Revenue stamp, and dated 23 July 1872.$975USD81. RAE, John (1813-1893)[Autograph Letter Signed to Alfred G. Henriques Regarding Latter’s Forthcoming Lecture on ArcticSubjects].London: 2 Addison Gardens South Kensington, 9th February, 1874. Octavo (17,8x10,7 cm) twopages. Brown ink on laid paper. Mild fold marks, otherwise a very good letter.In the letter Rae mentions his wife, Catherine JaneAlicia Thompson, who had told Rae about Henriques’intention to give a lecture "on Arctic subjects." Rae proceeds:"I have no doubt you have objects of interest enough toillustrate the lecture but should it so happen that this is notthe case, permit me to say that anything from the ArcticCoast that we have, is heartily at your service, should youthink them of any use."The letter was written after Rae, having retired fromthe service in the Hudson’s Bay Company, returned to Britainand "divided his last years (1870-93) between London andOrkney. In 1866 he had been made an honorary LLD byEdinburgh University and in 1880, having contributed articlesto Nature and other learned journals, he was made fellow ofthe Royal Society" (Oxford DNB).Alfred Gutteres Henriques (1830-1908) was a lawyerinvolved with the management of the London Hospital, amember of the Royal Colonial Institute (which Rae also was amember of), Sussex Archaeological Society, a vice-presidentof the Anglo-Jewish Association.“John Rae (Inuktitut Aglooka "He who takes longstrides") was a Scottish doctor who explored NorthernCanada, surveyed parts of the Northwest Passage andreported the fate of the Franklin Expedition.81After studying medicine at Edinburgh he went to work for the Hudson's Bay Company as a doctor,accepting a post as surgeon at Moose Factory, Ontario, where he remained for ten years. Whilst workingfor the company, treating both European and indigenous employees of the company, Rae became knownfor his prodigious stamina and skilled use of snow shoes. He learned to live off the land like the Inuit andworking with the local craftsmen, designed his own snow shoes. This knowledge allowed him to travelgreat distances with little equipment and few followers, unlike many other explorers of the Victorian Age.In 1844-45, wanting to learn how to survey, Rae walked 1200 miles over two months in the winterforest, a feat that earned him the Inuit nickname Aglooka, "he who takes long strides." In 1846 Rae wenton his first expedition and in 1848 joined Sir John Richardson in searching for the Northwest Passage.83

By 1849 Rae was in charge of the MackenzieRiver district at Fort Simpson. He was soon called uponto head north again, this time in search of two missingships from the Franklin Expedition. While exploringthe Boothia Peninsula in 1854 Rae made contact withlocal Inuit, from whom he obtained much informationabout the fate of the lost naval expedition. His reportto the British Admiralty carried shocking andunwelcome evidence that cannibalism had been a lastresort for some of the survivors. When it was leakedto the Press, Franklin's widow Lady Jane Franklin was81outraged and recruited many important supporters, among them Charles Dickens who wrote severalpamphlets condemning Rae for daring to suggest British Naval sailors would have resorted to cannibalism.In 1860 Rae worked on the telegraph line to America, visiting Iceland and Greenland. In 1864 hemade a further telegraph survey in the west of Canada. In 1884 at age 71 he was again working for theHudson's Bay Company, this time as an explorer of the Red River for a proposed telegraph line from theUnited States to Russia” (Wikipedia).$1250USD82. ROPER, Edward (1857-1891)[Two Original Monochrome Signed Watercolours of the Griffin Lake Area of the Selkirk Range inBritish Columbia, one of which is entitled "Our First View of the Selkirks"].Ca. 1887. The watercolours measure 10,5x21 cm(4x8 in) and 13,5x27 cm (5 ¼ x 10 ½ in) respectively. Thewatercolours are in fine condition and under later mat,glass and frame.Roper produced these watercolours on his tripthrough Canada between 1887-1890. He published anaccount of his travels titled: "By track and trail: Ajourney through Canada: With numerous originalsketches by the author." London & Calcutta: W.H. Allen& Co, 1891. The watercolour "Our First View of theSelkirks" is reproduced as a plate on page 141 in thebook, while a very similar illustration to the watercolourof Griffin Lake appears on page 161. Originallypurchased from the estate of a Vermont art collectorwhose collection was displayed in Vermont museumswho in turn purchased the watercolours from theKennedy Galleries of NYC, NY.82$2250USD83. ROSS, John, Sir (1777-1856)[Autograph Letter Signed and Marked ‘Private’ to Viscount Palmerston, About Ross’ Observationsin Berlin and Intelligence About a Secret Treaty between Russia, Prussia, Austria and Holland, and Plansabout the Construction of a Prussian Fleet].84

Berlin, June 5th 1835. Quarto (25x20 cm). Four pages written in a legible hand, with a periodmanuscript remark in another hand on the verso of the last leaf (the date and name of the sender).Whatman paper watermarked 1835. Mild fold marks, otherwise the letter is in very good condition.A very interesting informative letter by renowned British Arctic Explorer Sir John Ross. The letterwas written during Ross’ travels to Europe after his second Arctic expedition 1829-1833, at the peak of hispopularity, he "made a tour of the Continent and received a number of foreign awards and medals"(Dictionary of Canadian Biography online).The letter was addressed to British ForeignSecretary Lord Palmerston and concerned the latestpolitical events in Europe, caused by the Belgiumrevolution of 1830."The European powers were divided over theBelgian cry for independence. The Napoleonic Warswere still fresh in the memories of Europeans, so whenthe French, under the recently installed July Monarchy,supported Belgian independence, the other powersunsurprisingly supported the continued union of theProvinces of the Netherlands. Russia, Prussia, Austria,and Great Britain all supported the somewhatauthoritarian Dutch king, many fearing the French wouldannex an independent Belgium. However, in the end,none of the European powers sent troops to aid theDutch government, partly because of rebellions withinsome of their own borders Only in 1839 the Treatyof London signed by the European powers (including theNetherlands) recognized Belgium as an independent andneutral country" (Wikipedia).83Ross reported about possible "secret treaty to which Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Holland areparties, constructed by Prince Wittgenstein, Prince Menchikoff, Prince Mitternich and the Prince ofOrange." Russia, according to the treaty, was going "to have the same number of ships in commission thisyear as they had during the last, the first division has been at sea for some time, the second is to carry theGuards to Dantzig, which are to march to the frontiers of Silesia where a great view[?] of troops is to takeplace in September, there are to consist of 2 Corps d’armeé from Russia, Prussia and Austria, and of whichall the courts are to take present." The Russian Emperor was heard to say that he "should like to have atrial with the English [at sea], they might perhaps beat him, at first, but he had no doubt that at last hewould beat the English."Ross reported that Prussia’s main intention was "to construct a navy, their principle port is to beSvinemunde, at the mouth of the river of Stettin they are to begin with 2 or 3 sloops of war and a flotillaof steam gun vessels, Prince Adalbert, Nephew to the King, looks forward to the command of those." Forthat reason Ross was going to have an observation trip to Swinemunde at the nearest future in order to"obtain a complete knowledge if not a survey of the harbour, which I understand is excellent for smallvessels - a calculation has been made of a flotilla to cost 2 million dollars!" He also visited Potsdam "andexamined the manufactory of arms there, in which there is nothing remarkable excepting that they havemade an immense number, and all exactly of the same dimensions."Ross also describes anti-French and anti-Belgian feelings at the Prussian court, saying that "theyconsider that Belgium will not be long in existence"; and noting several "great fetes which the King andPrince Royal of Prussia gave, that English, Belgian and French Corps Diplomatique were left out, while85

Russian, Dutch and Austrian down to the rank of Lieutenant were invited, the feeling against Belgium isextremely strong, and not much less against France."In the letter he mentions several members ofEuropean Royal families, including the King ofPrussia Friedrich Wilhelm III (reigned 1797 to 1840)who gave Ross an audience, awarded him with "theorder of the Red Eagle" and "accepted" Ross’ book,just published "Narrative of a Second Voyage inSearch of a North-West Passage" (London, 1835. 2vols.). He also talks about Grand Duke MichaelPavlovich of Russia (1798-1849) who "was verydesirous to know what brought me here, andimmediately asked me this question, but my excusewas so good that no suspicion was excited, he toldme that I was expected in Russia to build my ship,but I said owing to the change which had takenplace it was abandoned for this season." Among other notable persons mentioned in the letter are CrownPrince of Prussia, future King Frederick William IV (reigned 1840-1861); Prince William of Orange, futureKing of the Netherlands (reigned 1840-1849); and several high ranking diplomats, most likely PrinceAlexander Menshikov (1787-1869), Prince Petr Wittgenstein (1769-1843) and Austrian Prince KlemensWenzel von Metternich (1773-1869).Ross’ mentions in detail Count Karl von Groeben (1788-1876), who was the Prussian Crown Prince’spersonal adjutant at the time. Ross "took up [his] lodging with the Count de Groeber," he also wenttogether with the Count to Swinemunde, but most striking was that it was the Count who gave Ross theinformation about the "secret treaty," as Ross noted, "he [Groeben] insists, that there is a secret treaty."In the end of the letter Ross mentions that he was going to stay in Berlin until 14 th of June, thenmove to Copenhagen and return to England from Hamburg on the 18th. His activities in the field ofEuropean diplomacy were most likely highly appreciated, as in March 1839 he was appointed Britishconsul in Stockholm, where he remained until 1846 (Dictionary of Canadian Biography online).$2750USD84. ROSS, John, Sir (1777-1856)Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic RegionsDuring the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833; Including theReports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross andthe Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole. [With]Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of aNorth-West Passage and of a Residence in the Arctic RegionsDuring the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833.London: A.W. Webster, 1835. First Edition, Large PaperIssue With a Signed Note by Ross. Small Folio, 2 vols. xxxiii, [i],740; xii, 120, cxliv, cii, [i] pp. With 50 engraved andlithographed plates, twenty hand colored, and a large foldinghand colored map. Original publisher's patterned navy giltcloth. A very good set.868384

With a Signed Note by Ross: "Madame, I have the honor to be yours most obediently, John Ross.""As a result of the failure of his voyage in 1818, the Admiralty refused to support John Ross in 84 asecond expedition. It was not until 1829 that the assistance of Felix Booth, the sheriff of London, enabledhim to set out in the small paddle-steamer Victory with his nephew James Clark Ross as second-incommand.The expedition survived four winters in the Arctic, during which James Clark Ross discoveredthe North Magnetic Pole. James Clark Ross edited the natural history section of the appendix, and JohnRoss the remaining sections, comprising meteorology, navigation, and ethnology" (Hill 1490)."In searching for a passage south from Regent's inlet, the Victory was stopped by ice, and spent thewinter of 1829-30 in Felix harbour. In the summer of 1830 she got a few miles further south and winteredin Victoria harbour. But there she remained, fast held by the ice, and in May 1832 was abandoned. Rossand his men made their way to Fury Beach, where they passed a fourth winter in a hut built from thewreck of the Fury. They remained healthy by eating an Inuit diet. In the summer of 1833 they succeededin reaching Ross's old ship, the Isabella in Lancaster Sound, and in her returned to England in October.The results of the voyage, remarkable for the length of time spent in the ice, were the survey of theBoothia peninsula, of a great part of King William Land, and of the Gulf of Boothia; the presumptivedetermination that the sought-for passage did not lie in that direction; and the discovery of the magneticpole by James Clark Ross. In 1834 Ross was knighted; the geographical societies of London and Parisawarded him their gold medals, and on 24 December 1834 he was nominated a CB. In 1835 he publishedNarrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage (2 vols.)" (Oxford DNB); Abbey Travel636; Arctic Bibliography 14866; Chavanne 1450; Holland, p.202; Howgego 1800-1850, R29; Sabin 73381.$2500USD8487

85. ROSS, John, Sir (1777-1856)First communication with the Natives of Prince Regents Bay, as Drawn by John Sackheouse andpresented to Capt. Ross, Augt. 10, 1818.London: John Murray, Feb. 2,1819. Hand colored aquatint, foldedas issued [Engraved by Robert orDaniel Havell]. Printed image size20,5x39 cm (8 ½ x 15 ½ in). Mattedwith a minor finger soil in rightupper blank margin, otherwise avery good aquatint.From the first edition of SirJohn Ross’ work "A Voyage ofDiscovery, made under the ordersof the Admiralty, in His Majesty'sShips Isabella and Alexander, forthe purpose of Exploring Baffin's85Bay, and inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage" (London, 1819).Abbey Travel II, 634; Sabin 73376; Staton & Tremaine 1152.$575USD86. SANTINI, François[Map of the Russian Discoveries in the North Pacific] Carte des Nouvelles Découvertes au Nord dela Mer du Sud, tant a l’Est de la Sibérie et du Kamchatka, qu’a l’Ouest de la Nouvelle France [Map of theNew Discoveries on the North of the South Ocean, Eastern Siberia and Kamchatka, and on the West ofthe New France].Venice: M. Remondini, 1784.45x63 cm (17 ½ x 25 in). Double-pageengraved map, contemporary outlinecolor. Decorative title cartouche topcentre, flanked by "Avertissement" and"Echelles de Lieux" in top border, with"Habitant du Kamtchatka" in leftcorner, "Sauvage du NO de laLouisiane" in right corner. Primemeridians: Paris; Isle de Fer. Nice widemargined copy.Later edition of the map byJoseph-Nicola Delisle, originally drawnby Philippe Buache in 1752; It showsthe Northern hemisphere from Siberiain Asia to New France in NorthAmerica, with the routes of discovery inthe Northern Pacific Ocean. The legendary "Mer de l’Ouest'" and the mythical discoveries of Admiral de laFonte also included. Wagner, H. (NW) 566; Tooley, R.V. (Amer) p.35, #104 (Chez M. Remondini added toSantini imprint); Kershaw, K.A. #1225.$1250USD8688

87. SCHRAEMBL, Franz Anton (1751-1803)[MAP OF THE NORTH PACIFIC] Karte von den N.W. Amerikanischen und N.O.E. Asiatischen Kustennach den Untersuchungen des Kapit. Cook in den Jah. 1778 und 1779, entworfen von Heinrich RobertsLieut[enant].[Wien]: F.A. Schraembl, 1788. Printed image size ca. 67x39 cm (26 ½ x 15 ½ in). Copper engraveddouble-page map by I.C. Von Lackner on watermarked laid paper with original centrefold. A small hole inthe lower blank margin (paper flaw), otherwise a near fine wide-margined map.87Map # 107 from Schraembl’s "Allgemeiner Grosser Atlas" (Vienna: P.J. Schalbacher, 1786-1800),which shows James Cook’s discoveries in the North Pacific. This is a German version of the map by JamesCook’s official cartographer, Lt. Henry Roberts, which was originally published in the atlas of Cook's thirdvoyage "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, Undertaken... For the Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere in1776, 77, 78, 79 and 1780" (London, 1784; 3 vols. And atlas). "It covers the western coast of Alaska andthe east coast of Asia including Kamchatka and illustrates Cook's explorations in 1778 and 1779. Excellentdetail in the Bering Straits, including extensive notes on soundings. Notes concerning other explorationsin the region are also included both along the coasts and inland. The Schraembl edition of Cook's map isone of the scarcest editions" (Old World Auctions).It was Cook who for the first time "accurately depicted the Northwest coast of America; Thenorth-west coast of North America was sighted on 7 March and for the next six and a half months Cookcarried out a running survey of some 4000 miles of its coast from Cape Blanco on the coast of Oregon toIcy Cape on the north coast of Alaska, where he was forced to turn back by an impenetrable wall of ice. Asearch for a route back to Europe north of Siberia also proved fruitless. During this cruise Cook becamethe first European to enter Nootka Sound on the north-west coast of Vancouver Island, where heremained for a month taking astronomical observations and cutting spars for use as spare masts andyardarms. Trade was carried out with the native Mowachaht for furs, mostly of the sea otter, which whensold later in China drew attention to the commercial potential of this trade" (Oxford DNB).Kershaw, K.A. Early Printed Maps of Canada, vol. 4, # 1149; Tooley’s Dictionary of Mapmakers, Q-Z,p. 131.$675USD89

88. SNOW, William Parker (1817-1895)Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of Every day life in theArctic Seas.London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. First Edition. Octavo. xvi, 416 pp. With fourchromolithograph plates and a folding map. Original publisher's navy pictorial gilt and blind stamped cloth.Plates with some very minor foxing, top of back hinge of spine with small crack, otherwise a very good copy.In 1850 Snow volunteered "for one of theexpeditions in search of Sir John Franklin,prompted by a dream, which he believed hadshown him the true route. The idea came todominate his whole life. He served in 1850 aspurser, doctor, and chief officer of the PrinceAlbert, a small vessel fitted out at the expense ofLady Franklin, under Commander C. C. Forsyth RN.On his return Snow published Voyage of the PrinceAlbert in Search of Sir John Franklin (1851) and wasawarded the polar medal. He was convinced thatsuccess had been hindered by Forsyth's refusal togo on, and during the following years he vainlyimportuned the Admiralty to send him out again incommand of any vessel, however small, and triedto organize unofficial searches" (Oxford DNB)."William Parker Snow here describes an 1850 Franklin search expedition in the Prince Albert, a smallvessel fitted out at the expense of Lady Franklin and captained by Commander Forsyth of the British Navy.Snow accompanied the voyage as purser, doctor, and chief officer.., the Prince Albert crew discovered tracesof the Franklin expedition's first winter. Encampment on Beechey Island, upon their empty-handed return,Snow was convinced that Forsyth had sabotaged the success of the search by his refusal to go on or to pursueSnow's foretold route" (Hill 1598); Arctic Bibliography 16362; Howgego 1850-1940 Polar Regions S38.$2250USD89. SPEED, John (1552-1629)A Newe Map of Tartary.London: George Humble, 1626. An outlinehand coloured copper engraved map ca. 40x51 cm(15 ½ x 20 in). With four views on upper margin andeight costumed figures on side margins. A goodimpression. Verso with old paper repair, otherwisethe map is in very good condition.Rare first issue of one of the mostdecorative maps of Tartary with Kamchatkaomitted and Korea shown as an island. The mapwas published as part of the 1627 " ‘A Prospect ofthe Most Famous Parts of the World’ which wasthe first world atlas produced by an Englishman..,Much of the engraving was done in Amsterdam at89the workshop of [Speed's] friend Jodocus Hondius" (Wikipedia). The four views show Astrakhan, Samarkand,Beijing and a house on Nova Zemlya. The figures depict Tartars and Samoyeds. Tooley Q-Z, p.193.$2250USD9088

90. STODHARD, T. & [MEARES, John] (1756?-1809)[NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA] Entrance to the Straits of John de Fuca.London: J. Walter & Son, 1790. Hand colored aquatint by J. Wells. Image size 24x45 cm (9 ½ x 18 in).Original folds flattened. A very good print.Plate 12 from Meares’ "Voyages in the Years 1788-'9 from China to the Northwest Coast ofAmerica." "One of the early and fundamental books on the Northwest coast of America in general and onAlaska in particular" (Lada-Mocarski 46). "Meares’ voyages resulted in the Nootka Sound affair betweenBritain and Spain, and were the foundation of Britain’s claim to Oregon, later ceded to the United States"(Abbey Travel 594).90“The Strait of Juan de Fuca, located at the southern entrance to Georgia Strait, separatesVancouver Island from Washington’s Olympic Peninsula and forms part of the international boundary. Itwas named by Capt Charles Barkley in 1787 after a Greek mariner who claimed to have discovered it in1592. For 200 years the strait was considered the possible entrance to a Northwest Passage. De Fuca’sclaims have always been doubted, but the name remains. The strait is susceptible to heavy weather andthe Vancouver Island shoreline has been called "the Graveyard of the Pacific" (Encyclopaedia of BritishColumbia on-line); Cox Vol. II, page 29; Sabin 47260; Staton & Tremaine 612.$750USD91. TEN EYCK, Samuel[FRASER RIVER GOLD RUSH & GADSDEN PURCHASE][Important Autograph Letter Signed from Samuel Ten Eyck to O.B. Throop, giving a Description ofGuaymas, Mexico, his Impressions of Mexicans, and Briefly Relating his Experiences During the FraserRiver Gold Rush].Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico: April 27th, 1859. On a folded double quarto leaf. [4] pp. Brown ink onbluish paper. Blind stamp of a papermaker (Rolland Freres, Bordeaux) in the upper left corner. Housed in alater custom made blue quarter morocco clam shell box with gilt lettered spine. Old fold marks, otherwisea near fine letter.91

In this letter Samuel Ten Eyck writes to his friend, Origin B. Throop, back home in Schoharie, NewYork, offering a description of the Mexican port city of Guaymas, Sonora, giving his assessment ofMexican attitudes toward Americans, and describing his experiences in the Fraser River Gold Rush.Samuel Ten Eyck came from a prominent family in New York's Schoharie County. He left Schohariein the early 1850s, went to California in search of gold, took part in the Fraser River Gold Rush in BritishColumbia of 1858-1859, and then arrived in Guaymas, Mexico in the spring of 1859. He apparently wentto Sonora in anticipation of that state and the surrounding Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sinaloa beingannexed to the United States. The Gadsen Purchase Treaty, ratified in 1854, brought a part of northernSonora into the United States, and there appears to have been some agitation for the United States totake more territory in the region. Such a thing did not occur, and it is unknown for how long Ten Eyckstayed in Guaymas waiting for it to happen, or where his travels took him next.The letter begins by Ten Eyck askingThroop to make discreet inquiries to some ofhis friends as to why they have notcorresponded with him. "I suppose you will beastonished to learn I am in this God-forsakencountry. I must confess, I am astonished to findmyself here, but here I am and what is stillmore pleasant, have a mighty fine prospect of,as it is termed in California, making my pile. Ihave been here but a month. On my arrival Ifound the country all excitement, and arevolution going on in the three states, 'Sonora,Chihuahua, Sinaloa,' they being, I think, the tail91end of creation, but they are full of silver mines and in saying that I say all that can be said in their favour.The Mexicans are the most hostile people in the world and think no more of killing an American than oftaking a drink and as this is the scene of Walker's exploits and also where the unfortunate H.A. Crabb &followers were massacred, I am obliged to keep a pretty sharp look out. The women, however, are verykind & affectionate, and in case of difficulty invariably give you a warning and find a place of concealmentfor you. At least I have found it so on two occasions. 9192

Guaymas, the seaport of Sonora & an old city, contains perhaps eight thousand inhabitants andbeing an earthquake country the houses are but one story high and mostly built of adoby [sic], which isthe building material of mostly all houses in Mexico and on entering one is reminded more of a largebrickyard than of a large city. I would not have come here but that the three states above named willwithout doubt be annexed to the U.S. - if so your humble servant is all right. I have had five yearsexperience in California and any chance that may offer here I am on hand, in fact the pioneer."Ten Eyck also briefly describes his experiences in British Columbia during the recent Fraser RiverGold Rush: "It is as hot as blazes [in Guaymas]. I feel it more perhaps than others just having come from anorthern country, as the year past I have been at Vancouver's Island & British Columbia. You of courseheard of the Fraser River excitement. I was almost the first of the many thousands that rushed to thatcold country. It did not prove as profitable as wasanticipated, still it paid me very well, as I was able afternine months hard work to leave with a five hundredmore than I took with me."In the end Ten Eyck gives his assessment of thequalities of the women he has encountered inGuaymas, "beautiful, full of life and spirit", "verypositive to us Americans" etc. A very interestingimportant letter, with provocative views on Mexico anda bit of information on one American's experiences inthe Fraser River Gold Rush.O.B. Throop was the owner of the only drug storein the county which still exists today as the Schohariepharmacy, and a Secretary of the Board of Directors of91the Albany and Schoharie plank road (1862).$2500USD92. TRONSON, J[ohn] M.Personal Narrative of a Voyage to Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, Tartary, and various parts of Coastof China; in H.M.S. Barracouta.London: Smith, Elder, 1859. First Edition.Octavo. xiii, 414, 24 pp. With a tintedlithograph frontispiece, seven otherlithographed plates, two text illustrations andfive folding maps. Later maroon gilt tooledquarter morocco with cloth boards. Map witha repaired tear, otherwise a very good copy."This is a narrative of experiences in theOrient and along the coasts of Russia, in theyears 1854-56. It provides detaileddescriptions of China and Japan and waswritten during and immediately after theopening of those two countries to WesternCommerce" (Hill 1716); "Officer on the"Barracouta" in waters near Japan just afterCommodore Perry's journey describes briefvisit to Petropavlovsk along with other shore9293

trips" (Nerhood 257). “Tronson was surgeon aboard the HMS Barracouta, a paddle sloop, of the RoyalNavy. During the Crimean War she participated in the blockade of Petropavlovski. She also participatedduring the Second Opium War in 1856 before returning to England and being paid off in 1857”(Wikipedia); China Illustrata Nova II, 1227; Cordier Japonica 543.$1250USD93. VANCOUVER, Captain George (1757-1798)Carte de la Partie de la Cote Nord-Ouest de L'Amerique. [A Chart Shewing Part of the Coast of N.W. America with the Tracks of His Majesty's Sloop Discovery and Armed Tender Chatham].Paris: Imprimerie de la Republique, [1800]. Copper Engraving ca. 76x59 cm (30x23 in). Map withsome old fold and crease marks, otherwise a very good impression with ample margins.This is the main map, which showsthe North Pacific coast from Kodiak Islandto the Bay of San Francisco, from the rarefolio atlas of the 1800 Paris First Frenchedition of Captain George Vancouver's"Voyage de découvertes a l'Ocean Pacifiquedu Nord, et autour du monde…""Vancouver, who had served onCaptain Cook's second and third voyages,was made commander of a grand-scaleexpedition to reclaim Britain's rights,resulting from the Nootka Convention, atNootka Sound, to examine thoroughly thecoast south of 60' in order to find a possiblepassage to the Atlantic, and to learn whatestablishments had been founded by other93, upper partpowers. This voyage became one of the mostimportant made in the interests of geographical knowledge" (Hill p. 304).$1250USD94. VANCOUVER, Captain George (1757-1798)A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; in Which the Coast ofNorth-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed Undertaken by hisMajesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of any NavigableCommunication Between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795 in the Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham.London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798. First Edition from the Library of Sir Edward Charles Stirling(1848-1919). Quarto, 3 vols. and Folio Atlas. xxix, [ii], [iv], [ii], 432; [ix], 504; [x], 505, [3] pp. Text volumeswith eighteen engraved plates including one chart and Atlas volume with ten engraved folding charts andsix engraved double page coastal profile views. Text handsome period brown gilt tooled mottled full calf.Plates mildly foxed, hinges cracked, spines worn, and one cover detached. Atlas early 19th century browngilt tooled half calf with marbled boards. Plates and charts mildly foxed, both covers detached. Overall thisset is in very good condition, however, as nothing has been done to it since Sir Edward Stirling bought it inthe second half of the nineteenth century. This would be an ideal set for rebinding which we couldorganize to be done in a very expert period style for any buyer on request.94

"George Vancouver, who had served on Captain Cook's second and third voyages, was madecommander of a grand-scale expedition to reclaim Britain's rights, resulting from the Nootka Convention,at Nootka Sound, to examine thoroughly the coast south of 60' in order to find a possible passage to theAtlantic, and to learn what establishments had been founded by other powers. This voyage became oneof the most important made in the interests of geographical knowledge. Vancouver sailed by way of theCape of Good Hope to Australia, where he discovered King George's Sound and Cape Hood, then to NewZealand, Hawaii, and the northwest coast of America. In three season's work Vancouver surveyed thecoast of California, visited San Francisco, San Diego (one of the folded charts, dated 1798, depicts the portof San Diego), and other Spanish settlements in Alta California; settled the necessary formalities with theSpanish at Nootka; investigated the Strait of Juan de Fuca; discovered the Strait of Georgia;Circumnavigated Vancouver Island; and disproved the existence of any passage between the Pacific andHudson's Bay. Vancouver died before the narrative was finished; his brother John, assisted by CaptainPeter Puget, edited and published the complete record" (Hill 1753).94"The voyage was remarkable for the accuracy of its surveys, the charts of the coasts surveyedneeding little improvement to the present day. When Charles Wilkes resurveyed Puget Sound for the U.S.Navy in 1841, he was amazed at the accuracy Vancouver had achieved under such adverse conditions anddespite his failing health. Well into the 1880's Vancouver's charts of the Alaskan coastline remained theaccepted standard" (Howgego V13); Lada-Mocarski 55; Sabin 98443, Cox II p.30-31; Hawaiian NationalBibliography 335.From the Library of Sir Edward Charles Stirling (1848-1919):"Sir Edward Charles Stirling (1848-1919), surgeon, scientist and politician, and Sir John LancelotStirling (1849-1932), politician, were the sons of Edward Stirling (1804-1873) and his wife Harriett, néeTaylor. Their father arrived in South Australia in 1839; he eventually bought the pastoral stations ofHighland Valley in the Mount Lofty Ranges and Nalpa on Lake Alexandrina. In 1855-61 he was inpartnership with (Sir) Thomas Elder, Robert Barr Smith and John Taylor, as Elder, Stirling & Co., whichfinanced the Wallaroo and Moonta copper mines. Appointed to the Legislative Council in 1855 he helpedframe the Constitution and was a member of the new council in 1856-65. He died on 2 February 1873 inLondon. Two South Australian towns bear his name.95

Edward Charles was born on 8 September 1848 at Strathalbyn, South Australia. Educated at theCollegiate School of St Peter and at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1870; M.A., 1873; M.B., 1874; M.D.,1880; Sc.D., 1910), he became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1874 and was lecturer inphysiology and assistant surgeon at St George's Hospital, London, and later surgeon at Belgrave Hospitalfor Children. Returning to South Australia in 1875 he married Jane, daughter of Joseph Gilbert, on 27 June1877, and took her to England for specialized medical treatment. In 1881 he settled permanently in SouthAustralia where he became consulting surgeon to Adelaide Hospital, lecturer and later first professor ofphysiology at the University of Adelaide and a member of the University Council.In 1884-87 Stirling was member for North Adelaide inthe House of Assembly and in 1886 he introduced a bill toenfranchise women; but the South Australian Museumbecame his major life's work. He was its director in 1884-1912 and was largely responsible for its excellent collection ofAboriginal cultural specimens. In 1888 he received fromcentral Australia a specimen of the previously unknownmarsupial mole which he named, described and illustrated inthe 1890-91 Transactions and Proceedings of the RoyalSociety of South Australia.Stirling crossed the continent from Darwin to Adelaidewith the Earl of Kintore in 1891, collecting ethnological andzoological specimens. In 1893 he travelled to Lake Callabonna94where a field party, organized by him, was excavatingnumerous remains of the giant marsupial Diprotodon. In the same year he was made a fellow of the RoyalSociety, London, and created C.M.G. He was medical officer and anthropologist with the William Hornexpedition which, in 1894, made a comprehensive survey of the country between Oodnadatta and theMacDonnell Ranges. He wrote the extensive anthropological section published as part of the four volumesthat recorded the expedition's discoveries. His work on the Diprotodon culminated in a full description ofits skeletal anatomy in the Memoirs of the local Royal Society in 1899, and the complete reconstruction ofits skeleton in 1906. Casts of the latter are still the only articulated examples to be found in museums inAustralia and abroad.Actively associated with the Public Library, the Art Gallery,the Zoological Society, the Adelaide Hospital and the StateChildren's Council, Stirling was dean of the Faculty of Medicine in1908-19 and president of the Society for the Prevention of Crueltyto Animals in South Australia. He participated in the long struggleto secure Flinders Chase on Kangaroo Island as a sanctuary. In1917 Stirling was knighted. He died on 20 March 1919 at his homeSt Vigeans, Mount Lofty, where he had established a famousgarden, survived by his wife and five daughters; two sonspredeceased him. His estate was sworn for probate at £65,700.John Lancelot was born on 5 November 1849 at Strathalbynand followed his brother to St Peter's. After two years on theContinent he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., LL.B.,1871), where he won a blue for athletics. In 1870 and 1872 he wonthe amateur hurdles championship of England. At 23 he was calledto the Bar at the Inner Temple. He returned to South Australia in1876, and with his brother bred merino sheep; he also bredAyrshire cattle and horses on the family properties.9496

On 12 December 1882 he married Florence Marion, daughter of Sir William Milne. He was amember of the House of Assembly for Mount Barker in 1881-87 and Gumeracha in 1888-90, and in 1891-1932 was a member for the Southern Districts in the Legislative Council and was president in 1901-32.Though an unexceptional speaker he was respected for his ability. He was appointed K.C.M.G. In 1909.Stirling was director of the Beltana and Mutooroo Pastoral companies, the Australian MutualProvident Society, the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining and Smelting Co. And the Alliance Insurance Co. Heintroduced polo to South Australia and captained a team that twice defeated Victoria. He was the stewardof several racing clubs, and was once master of the Adelaide hounds. A member of the University ofAdelaide Council, he was also president of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of SouthAustralia, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Pastoralists' Association of SouthAustralia, and the Zoological and Acclimatization Society. He died on 24 May 1932 at Strathalbyn, survivedby his wife, three sons and two daughters" (Australian Dictionary of Biography).$52,500USD95. VANCOUVER, Captain George (1757-1798)Voyage de découvertes a l'Ocean Pacifique du Nord, et autour du monde : dans lequel la côtenord-ouest de l'Amérique a été soigneusement reconnue et exactement revelée: ordonné par le Roid'Angleterre, principalement dans la vue de constater s'il existe, à travers le continent de l'Amérique,un passage pour les vaisseaux, de l'Océan Pacifique du Nord à l'Océan Atlantique septentrional ; etexécuté en 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 et 1795, par le Capitaine George Vancouver. [A Voyage ofDiscovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; in Which the Coast of North-West Americahas been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed Undertaken by his Majesty's Command,Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of any Navigable Communication Between the NorthPacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795 inthe Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham.Paris: Imprimerie de la Republique, [1800]. First French Edition. Quarto text, 3 vols. & Folio Atlas.xi,[i],491; [iv],516; [iv],562; 4 pp. Text with eighteen folding engraved plates and maps and folio atlas withsixteen charts and coastal views, many double page. Period half vellum with marbled boards and red gilttooled labels. Atlas expertly rebound to match, otherwise a near fine set."George Vancouver, whohad served on Captain Cook'ssecond and third voyages, wasmade commander of a grand-scaleexpedition to reclaim Britain'srights, resulting from the NootkaConvention, at Nootka Sound, toexamine thoroughly the coastsouth of 60' in order to find apossible passage to the Atlantic,and to learn what establishmentshad been founded by otherpowers. This voyage became oneof the most important made in theinterests of geographicalknowledge. Vancouver sailed byway of the Cape of Good Hope toAustralia, where he discovered9597

King George's Sound and Cape Hood, then to NewZealand, Hawaii, and the northwest coast of America.In three season's work Vancouver surveyed the coastof California, visited San Francisco, San Diego (one ofthe folded charts, dated 1798, depicts the port of SanDiego), and other Spanish settlements in AltaCalifornia; settled the necessary formalities with theSpanish at Nootka; investigated the Strait of Juan deFuca; discovered the Strait of Georgia;Circumnavigated Vancouver Island; and disproved theexistence of any passage between the Pacific andHudson's Bay. Vancouver died before the narrativewas finished; his brother John, assisted by CaptainPeter Puget, edited and published the completerecord" (Hill 1753), Cox II p.30-31."The first French Edition of the Vancouvervoyage. In the first text volume, the "Notice desplanches"(repeated in folio atlas) describes the maps,charts, and land views to be found in the atlas. Thisinformation does not appear in the first (London)edition.., Copies of the French edition are printedboth in a more attractive manner and on better paperthan the English edition" (Hawaiian National95Bibliography 324)"The voyage was remarkable for the accuracy of its surveys, the charts of the coasts surveyedneeding little improvement to the present day. When Charles Wilkes resurveyed Puget Sound for the U.S.Navy in 1841, he was amazed at the accuracy Vancouver had achieved under such adverse conditions anddespite his failing health. Well into the 1880's Vancouver's charts of the Alaskan coastline remained theaccepted standard" (Howgego V13); Lada-Mocarski 55; Sabin 98441.$11,750USD96. WARREN, Emily Mary Bibbens (1869-1956)Original Watercolour Painting of Falls Lake, B.C. (Coquihalla Summit Recreation Area).Ca. 1900. Size ca. 16,5x33 cm (6.5 x 13 in) Mounted on card and matted with period gold card. Avery good watercolour."The Coquihalla Valley has long served as the major transportation route from the coast to theinterior beginning with the Hope-Nicola Trail in 1876. The Coquihalla Summit Recreation Area stillcontains some remnants of the Kettle Valley Railway which ran through the area from the early 1900sthrough to 1961. Modern access has been highlighted by the construction of the Coquihalla Highway andthe subsequent establishment of a series of protected areas along the route in 1986" (BC Parks Online)."Emily Mary Bibbens Warren was a British Canadian artist and illustrator. She worked in ink,watercolour, oil, gouache, and graphite. Her favourite subjects included gardens, landscape, and ininteriors and exteriors of buildings. She is known for sunlight beaming through stained glass windows.She took a course in architecture by Sir Bannister Fletcher and graduated from the College of Art,South Kensington. She took certificates in biology, botany and geology. She came to Canada in 1919 andlived in Ottawa, Ontario. She lived in Montreal, Quebec from 1928 to 1934.98

Warren was a member of The Royal Society of British Artists, The British Watercolour Society, theOld Dudley Arts Society, the Aberdeen Society of Arts and the Society of Women Artists; a member of theCommittee for Preservation of Memorials in London. Warren instigated a successful movement to haveJohn Ruskin's home, Brantwood, made into a museum. She lectured before Ruskin Societies.National Gallery of Canada purchased her oil painting "Placing the Canadian Colours on Wolfe'sMonument in Westminster Abbey", an oil 19 × 37", which can be seen in the Picture Division -File No.705-7, Room 12- 15 B.I. In 1921 she was commissioned by Sir Robert Borden to come to Canada tocomplete two large canvasses 6'6" × 11'6", oil painting entitled "Canada's Tribute, The Great War 1914-1919" and "Placing the Canadian Colours on Wolfe's Monument in Westminster Abbey". The CanadaTribute paintings were initially hung in the Parliament Buildings but have been hung in the Sir ArthurCurrie Memorial Hall of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario since 1947.Emily Warren`s `Placing the Canadian Colours on Wolfe's Monument in Westminster Abbey` c 1919oil painting in Officer Mess, Cartier Square Drill Hall in Ottawa, Ontario CanadaShe travelled and painted in British Columbia, Belgium. Scotland and France. She exhibited inEngland. She illustrated `Homes and Haunts of John Ruskin` by E.T. Cook. She gave lectures in Canada inthe 1920s and 1930s illustrated by 1900 handcoloured glass slides reproducing her own paintings. Half ofthe 1900 slides are in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, along with an extensivecollection of correspondence, lecture notes, and biographical material. Two boxes of slides of drawings ofindividual generals' faces and of flags, preliminary drawings for her paintings, "Canada's Tribute" and"Placing the Canadian Colours on Wolfe's Monument in Westminster Abbey", are in the Canadian WarMuseum, Ottawa.She held an annual sale of watercolours in Ottawa, Ontario. There was a demand for her paintingsof Canada, England and the continent of Europe" (Wikipedia).There are many references written on the artist and her work:Constance McRae's book on Emily Warren: The Light must be Perfect Toronto, Dreadnaught Press,1981; Forty-four of her illustrations were reproduced in Edward T. Cook's Homes and Haunts of JohnRuskin (London: G. Allan, 1912); The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction: Volume IV, S-Z.9699

96Emily Mary Bibbens Warren Collection at theThomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Torontoincludes lecture notes and glass slides, watercolours,drawings, commonplace book, scrapbook, sketchbook,notes, correspondence, and notes, drafts and photographsfor her biography by Constance McRae.Emily Mary Bibbens Warren Collection, CanadianWomen Artists History Initiative, Documentation Centre,Concordia University.$975USD97. WEBBER, John (1751-1793)Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the Method of Drying Fish at St. Peter and Paul,Kamtschatka.London: Boydell and Co., April 1st 1809, [1819]. Hand coloured aquatint on Whatman paperwatermarked "1819" on the upper right blank margin. Printed image size ca. 29x41,5 cm (11 3/8 x 16 3/8in). Recently matted. A very good aquatint.Plate 11 from the "Views in the South Seas from drawings by the late James Webber, draftsman onboard the Resolution, Captain James Cooke, from the year 1776 to 1780" published by Boydell and Co in1808. "The title page [of "Views in the South Seas"] is dated 1808 in all copies, but the plate imprints aredated April, 1809, and the water mark dates vary widely copy to copy" (Hill 1837). This plate depictsnative inhabitants of Kamchatka and their method of drying fish during summer season."Webber was appointed at 100 guineas a year on 24 June 1776 and on 12 July he sailed fromPlymouth in Cook's Resolution. His fame largely rests on his fine topographical and ethnographic workfrom the voyage, planned with Cook and with publication in view. Guided by the surgeon, WilliamAnderson, he also drew natural history subjects (as did William Ellis, surgeon's mate and the other activedraughtsman). He returned in October 1780, after Cook's and Anderson's deaths, with over 200 drawingsand some twenty portraits in oils, showed a large selection to George III, and was reappointed by the97100

Admiralty at £250 a year to redraw and direct the engraving of sixty-one plates, plus unsigned coastalviews, in the official account. It appeared in June 1784 as A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean (3 vols, ed. J.Douglas). Webber also painted other views for the Admiralty, his last payment being in July 1785. He alsopublished two sets of voyage prints; four aquatints made by Marie Catherina Prestel (1787-88: onerepeating his own etching of 1786), and sixteen soft-ground etchings by himself (1788-92) of which morewere probably intended. The latter were pioneering, both in the medium used and as an artist's ratherthan publisher's selection. Reissued in aquatint from about 1808 as Views in the South Seas, theycontinued to sell into the 1820s" (Oxford DNB).Webber was the son of a Swiss sculptor who had emigrated to England. He was appointed asdraughtsman to Cook’s third voyage (Abbey 595); Tooley 501; Holmes (Captain James Cook: Abibliographical excursion) 79.$2500USD98. WIT, Frederick de (1629/30-1706)[Map of Northern Labrador, Baffin Island and Greenland] Septemtrionaliora Americae aGroenlandia, per Freta Davidis et Hudson, ad Terram Novam / De Noorderlyckste Zee kusten vanAmerica van Groenland door de Straet Davis ende Straet Hudson tot Terra Neuf.Amsterdam, [1675]. A copper engraved outline hand colour map. 48,5x56 cm (19 x 22 in) Map withsome marginal damp staining not affecting image, one margin with a small part strengthened, otherwisea very good map.This map is from Frederick de Wit's maritime atlas "Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas.""This is the first state of De Wit's finechart of Hudson Bay and Arctic Canada.This beautifully engraved chart was basedon Van Loon's important chart of 1666 andincludes Hudson Bay and Strait, Baffin Bayand extends to include the western coastof Greenland. The chart shows anerroneous second bay next to James Baynamed The Great Bay, (an exaggeration ofRupert Bay), and Mansel Island is named asMansfield Island. A sea battle rages outsideof the Hudson Strait and another ship sailsin Baffin Bay. The chart is richlyembellished with rhumb lines and twoelaborate cartouches - the second with aDutch title" (Old World Auctions); "In thisfirst state of the plate there is no engravedname for the large island north of theHudson Strait" (Kershaw 209).98$1500USD99. WYNNIATT, Commander Robert James, R.N. (1830-1860)[Member of the Sledging Party who were the First Europeans to Cross the Northwest Passage;Framed Watercolor Portrait of Robert James Wynniatt in Naval Cadet's Uniform; With Wynniatt'sBicorn Hat].101

N.d., ca. 1845. Frame size 31x25 cm (12 x 9 ¾ in) Watercolour portrait in 19 th century woodenframe, with brief manuscript biography and visiting card mounted on reverse. Unexamined out of frame.Black velour bicorn hat trimmed with golden braid on upper edges, and golden wire cockade with goldenbutton with Royal Navy emblem. Hat size is 44x17x14 cm (17 ½ x 6 ¾ x 6 in). The hat with signs of wear,but overall both items in very good condition.A portrait of Robert James Wynniatt, naval officer and Arctic explorer, shown as a naval cadet. As ayoung lieutenant in 1850 he was mate during Robert McClure's expedition in search of Franklin and theNorthwest Passage. When their ship became ice-locked, Samuel Gurney Cresswell and Wynniatt"accompanied a sledging party led by Richard Roche, a mate on the resolute, back to the North Star atBeechey Island. [They] and a few invalids from the investigator found their way back to England the sameyear in the supply ship Phoenix under Edward Augustus Inglefield, effectively becoming the firstEuropeans to travel through the Northwest Passage" (Howgego 1850-1940, Polar Regions B15). Wynniattwon an Arctic Medal for his service (Poulsom & Myres p. 342). However during the expedition he wasbadly affected by scurvy; both he and Cresswell suffered ill-health for the rest of their careers and died ata young age.In 1857 Wynniatt became Lieutenant-Commander of HMS Plover, an Albacore-classwooden screw gunboat launched in 1855,serving in the Far East. In 1859, during theSecond Opium War (1856-1860), he was givenacting command of HMS Nimrod (a sixgunner).Nimrod took part in at the SecondBattle of Taku Forts (1859), an unsuccessfulattack on heavily defended forts at the mouthof the Pei-ho river (in which Wynniatt'sformer posting HMS Plover was sunk).Wynniatt was mentioned in Rear-AdmiralJames Hope's dispatches. At the end of thewar Nimrod sailed for England, first taking thenews of the successful negotiations at the endof the War to Australia. However Wynniattdied on route and was buried at Galle, SriLanka. He was only 30 years old, apparently99weakened by his earlier adventures in the Arctic.$4750USD100. ZIMMERMANN, Henri[ch] (1741-1805)Dernier Voyage du Capitaine Cook Autour du Monde, ou se Trouvent les Circonstances de saMort. [Last Voyage of Captain Cook Round the World, and the Circumstances of his Death].Berne: Chez la Nouvelle Societe Typographique, 1783. Second French Edition. Octavo. xvi, 200 pp.Very handsome period red gilt tooled quarter straight-grained morocco with vellum tips and yellow pastepaper boards. Original boards, rebacked in style, otherwise a fine uncut copy."With possible exception of John Rickman's Journal, earliest account of Cook's last voyage" (HowesZ14). And thus one of the first works to mention Hawaii. Also, one of the most interesting narratives ofthis voyage."In 1776, after several unsuccessful attempts at various professions, Zimmermann, a native ofSpeyer, signed on as a common sailor on the Discovery. Sir Maurice Holmes, in his Cook Biography, writes102

of Zimmermann, "from the start of the voyage he determined to keepa shorthand journal and to retain it, despite the instructions ..Demanding the surrender of all logs and journals.' the originalaccount, printed in 1781, was suppressed in Germany at the requestof the British Admiralty in accordance with the instructions given tothe personnel of the ship that all journals were to be turned over tothem for use in the official account of the expedition" (Hill p. 333)."The second French-language edition, which closely followsthat of the first edition (Berne, 1782) with the title and text reset.Zimmermann's narrative ends on page 117, followed on page 118 bya life of Cook, "Abregee de la vie du capitaine Cook," as in the firstFrench (Berne ) edition, and an important series of "Notes" (Forbes59). Zimmermann's work is one of the rarest of all accounts of Cook'sthird voyage and, with Rickman's narrative, the earliest publishedaccount of the third voyage, the death of Cook, and the discovery ofHawaii. The first edition came out in German at Mannheim in 1781.Beddie 1630; Lada-Mocarski 33; Sabin 106436.$8750USD100103

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