In Search of the Western Sea: Selected Journals of La Verendrye / A La Recherche De La Mer L'Ouest, Memoires Chosis De La Verendrye ( French and English Text )( New France / French Canadian Explorer ) by La Verendrye, Pierre Gaultier De Varennes et De ( Edited By Denis Combet ) - 2001

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg, MB: Great Plains Publications, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2001. -----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, there is a patch on the rear panel that looks faded but I think it is part of the rear cover design, 191 pages, illustrated throughout, text is in French and English, ---"This important book brings together for the first time, in French and English, the selected journals and letters of La Vrendrye and others who aided the great explorer in his quest to find a route to the Pacific.Edited by Prof. Denis Combet, these bilingual texts are accompanied by contemporary maps and drawings, as well as original art by noted painter Ren Lantier. The journals take us from the calm settlement of New France into the wild unexplored territories of western Canada in the early 18th century. Drama, tragedy and even humour are daily aspects of the explorers? epic journey west. They encounter new aboriginal tribes, discover new travel routes, and establish trading posts to challenge the Hudson?s Bay Company, including the first fort at what will one day become Winnipeg.This unique book, hardcover and in full colour, will be of interest to both the scholar and the general reader. It is an important addition to our understanding of Canadian history."---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. 12w x 10.25h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.