The Kelsey Papers

Ottawa: Ireland. Good. 1929. First Edition. Paperback. "Henry Kelsey [c1664-1724] was an English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. He is the first recorded European to have visited the present-day provinces of Saskatchewan and, possibly, Alberta, as well as the first to have explored the Great Plains from the north. In his travels to the plains he encountered several Plains First Nations, as well as vast herds of the American bison, their primary source of food." - Wikipedia. "The Kelsey Papers were included in the Dobbs Collection, certain documents collected by Arthur Dobbs, Governor of North Carolina until his death in 1765 and a prominent critic of the Hudson's Bay Company." - ix. "The Kelsey Papers now supply not only the truth about Kelsey's journeys of 1690-2 but an outline, at times in great detail, of Kelsey's activities from the time he entered the service of the company in 1684 to the year 1722, four years after he bacame Governor of York Fort." - xi-xii. lxxxiii, [1],128 p. Includes frontispiece reproduction of a page of the original manuscript. Approx. 12" x 11" fold-out map inside back cover entitled "Map to Illustrate Kelsey's Journals 1690-1692" is in excellent condition and includes water bodies in blue with black and red text. The thirty-three page introduction appears in both French and English. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Peel (3) 5.; 4to .