Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader

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Лот 75 | Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader
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Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader

John Long, 1791

LONG, John (fl. 1768-1791). Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, Describing the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians; with an Account of the Posts Situated on the River Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. To Which is Added, a Vocabulary of the Chippeway Language. Names of Furs and Skins, in English and French. A List of Words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux Tongues, and a Table, Shewing the Analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway Languages. London: Printed for the Author, and sold by Robson et al, 1791.



First edition. Long was employed by the Hudson's Bay Company for nineteen years starting in 1768. Throughout his tenure he traveled among the indigenous peoples of Canada and made extensive notes of their languages, customs, and domestic life. "His is a graphic record of Indian life and customs and of conditions in the fur trade during the furious competition of the Montreal traders among themselves and with the Hudson's Bay Co." (TPL). The map shows the territory from the Great Lakes north to James’s Bay and from the Mississippi east to the St. Lawrence, entitled “Sketch of the Western Countries of Canada 1791.” The English-Native vocabularies are substantial, occupying pages 183 to 295. Howes L-443; Sabin 41878; TPL 597.



Quarto (278 x 214mm). Errata and subscribers’ leaves present. Engraved folding map of Canada (short marginal tear, small area of offsetting). Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked, board edges and corners worn, hinges cracked).

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