Author: DALL, W.H.; DAWSON, GEORGE M.; OGILVIE, WILLIAM; INTRODUCTION BY F. MORTIMER TRIMMER
Title: The Yukon Territory. The Narrative of W.H. Dall, Leader of the Expedition to Alaska in 1866-1868. The narrative of an exploration made in 1887 in the Yukon District by George M. Dawson. Extracts from the Report of an exploration in 1896-1897 by W. Ogilvie.
Description: London, Downey. 1898, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, xiv, 438 pages, frontispiece and 55 text illustrations and 22 plates (all present). The title page mentions a map but there is no mention of a map in the list of illustrations, neither is there any sign that a map was ever bound in. Ex-teacher's library copy with the usual markings but in clean condition. Lacks front endpaper, frontispiece partially glued to board. Contains three exploration reports from Dall's expedition to Alaska in 1866-1868; the exploration made in 1887 in the Yukon district by George M. Dawson; extracts from the report of an exploration made in 1896-1897 by Wm. Ogilvie. Rare. Good.

Keywords: Alaska, Chilkoot Pass, Fort Yukon, Gold, Hudson Bay Company, American Indians, Innuit,


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