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Rare French edition of this important map showing the tracks of Henry Ellis' journey in search of the Northwest Passage in 1746 and 1747.
The map appeared in the French editon of Ellis' A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747, for Discovering a North West Passage . . . Together with a Fair View of the Facts and Arguments from Which the Future Finding of Such a Passage Is Rendered Probable, first published in London, 1748. As noted by an on-line cataloging of the map by Princeton's John Delaney:
Ellis accompanied Moor and Smith as agent for the Northwest Committee, and as surveyor, hydrographer, and mineralogist for the expedition. Their extensive exploration of the western coast of Hudson Bay, between the Nelson River and discovered no Northwest Passage, further discouraging British interest in similar future voyages. Yet, afterwards, Ellis still persisted in the belief, in fact devoting over thirty pages at the end of his account to arguments for the great probability of a passage-from the evidence of climate, produce, height and direction of tides, and the "Appearance of the Country"-and suggested Chesterfield Inlet and Repulse Bay as future possibilities for exploration. His book contains many valuable observations on animals, Eskimo (Inuit) dress and life, and compass and tidal variations.
libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/moor-smith.htm
This French edition of the map is quite rare on the market, with no listings on AMPR in the past 28 years.
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