Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America : Effected by the Officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during the Years 1836-1839 (Paperback)

Memoir of Thomas Simpson, A. M. Alexander Simpson; 1. Introduction; 2. Description of a winter journey from Red River to Athabasca; 3. Occurrences at Fort Chipewyan, Spring 1837; 4. Descent from Athabasca to the Polar Sea; 5. Voyage from Mackenzie River to Franklin's Return Reef; 6. Discoveries on the coast from Return Reef up to Boat Extreme; 7. Journey on foot, and in an Esquimaux canoe, to Point Barrow; 8. Return of the expedition from Boat Extreme to the Mackenzie; 9. Transactions at Fort Confidence, Winter 1837?8; 10. Ascent of Dease River; 11. Second sea voyage; 12. Journey on foot and important discoveries to the eastward; 13. Transactions at Fort Confidence, Winter 1838?9; 14. Second descent of the Coppermine; 15. Stupendous bay, broken into minor bays, and bordered by countless islands; 16. Wintry return to Fort Confidence; Appendix. List of the plants collected during the Arctic journey of Messrs Simpson and Dease W. J. Hooker; Table of the magnetic variation and dip observed by Mr Simpson.