A JOURNEY FROM Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, TO THE NORTHERN OCEAN.
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UNDERTAKEN BY ORDER OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. FOR THE DISCOVERY OF COPPER MINES, A NORTH WEST PASSAGE, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772.
By SAMUEL HEARNE.
LONDON: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell: And Sold by T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, (Successors to Mr. Cadell,) in the Strand. 1795
TO SAMUEL WEGG, Esq., Governor, Sir JAMES WINTER LAKE, Deputy Governor, AND THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HONOURABLE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY.
HONOURABLE SIRS,
As the following Journey was undertaken at your Request and Expence, I feel it no less my Duty than my Inclination to address it to you; hoping that my humble Endeavours to relate, in a plain and unadorned Style, the various Circumstances and Remarks which {iv} occurred during that Journey, will meet with your Approbation.
I am, with much Esteem and Gratitude, HONOURABLE SIRS, Your most obedient, and most obliged humble Servant, SAMUEL HEARNE.