The North-West Passage By Land by Milton, Viscount And W.B. Cheadle - 1970

Toronto: Coles, 1970 This Is A 1970 Paperback Facsimile Edition Of The 1865 Cassell, Petter And Galpin Original, Describing The Expedition Undertaken By Viscount Milton And W.B. Cheadle Who Sailed From England To Quebec, Over Land To Victoria, And Then Up The Athabasca River. The Book Is Illustrated By Numerous Engravings Without Attribution. A Scan Of The Frontispiece Is Attached. There Is Also A Foldout Map Showing Their Journey Through The Erie Canal And Chicago, Then To Saskatchewan And Across To Victoria. This Is An Exciting And Detailed Account. Here Is A Brief Passage, "First View Of The Rocky Mountains: . . . From A Little Bare And Rounded Knoll We Had Our First View Of The Rocky Mountains. The Prospect Was A Glorious One, And Most Exhilarating To Us, Who Had Lived So Long In Level Country, And For The Last Three Weeks Had Been Buried In Dense Forest, Which Shut Out Every Prospect, And Almost The Light Of Day. Ranges Of Pine-Clad Hills, Running Nearly North And South, Rose In Higher And Higher Succession Towards The West, And In The Further Distance We Could See Parallel To Them A Range Of Rugged, Rocky Peaks, Backed By The Snow-Clad Summits Of Some Giants Which Towered Up Beyond." There Is No Writing Or Marks, But The Front Cover Has A Corner Crease And The Entire Volume Is Quite Toned, Almost Giving One The Sensation Of Reading The Original.