Mackenzie, Alexander 1764-1820

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Works:	363 works in 1,300 publications in 3 languages and 19,142 library holdings
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Most widely held works about Alexander Mackenzie

First across the continent : Sir Alexander Mackenzie by Barry M Gough( )
Pathfinders of the West : being the thrilling story of the adventures of the men who discovered the great Northwest : Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Agnes C Laut( Book )
Disappointment River : finding and losing the Northwest Passage by Brian Castner( Book )
First crossing : Alexander Mackenzie, his expedition across North America, and the opening of the continent by Derek Hayes( Book )
Alexander Mackenzie and the North West by Roy Daniells( Book )

The journals and letters of Sir Alexander Mackenzie by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )
Alexander Mackenzie and the explorers of Canada by Georgia Xydes( Book )
A dog came, too : a true story by Ainslie Manson( Book )
The Journals of Alexander Mackenzie : Exploring Across Canada in 1789 and 1793 by Alexander Mackenzie( )
Alexander Mackenzie, Canadian explorer by Ronald Syme( Book )
The land of Nome : a narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy 1900-1901 by Lanier McKee( Book )
The magnificent adventures of Alexander Mackenzie by Philip Vail( Book )
First man West; Alexander Mackenzie's journal of his voyage to the Pacific coast of Canada in 1793 by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )
Voyages from Montreal on the river St. Laurence through the continent of North America to the frozen and Pacific Oceans in the years 1789 and 1793 : with a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of that country by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )
River of promise : Lewis and Clark on the Columbia by David L Nicandri( Book )
The first Northwest Passage by Walter O'Meara( Book )
Alexander Mackenzie, explorer; the hero who failed by James K Smith( Book )
Mackenzie, Selkirk, Simpson by George Bryce( Book )
The pioneers : a tale of the western wilderness : illustrative of the adventures and discoveries of Sir Alexander Mackenzie by R. M Ballantyne( Book )
Mackenzie of Canada; the life and adventures of Alexander Mackenzie, discoverer by Mark Sweeten Wade( Book )

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Most widely held works by Alexander Mackenzie

Alexander Mackenzie's voyage to the Pacific ocean in 1793 by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

123 editions published between 1801 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 1,353 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Reproduction of Mackenzie's journals of expeditions from Lake Athabasca to the Arctic Ocean and from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean, first published in 1801. Includes account of development of fur trade by the Northwest Company

Voyages from Montreal through the continent of North America to the frozen and Pacific oceans in 1789 and 1793 : with an account of the rise and state of the fur trade by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

48 editions published between 1801 and 1973 in English and held by 1,106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

26 editions published between 1927 and 1980 in English and held by 836 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In the latter part of the Eighteenth Century, Alexander Mackenzie, a Scots fur trader in Canada, carried out two extremely significant explorations of the North American continent. While searching in 1789 for a route to the Pacific Coast, Mackenzie descended the river which today bears his name and reaches the Arctic Ocean instead. In doing so, Mackenzie established that the long-sought Northwest Passage to Asia could not exist at a more southerly latitude and that consequently there could be no practical Northwest Passage. Mackenzie's second attempt to reach the Pacific proved successful in 1793. He thus became the first white man to cross the continent of North America from coast to coast north of Mexico. This is the account of his explorations

Exploring the Northwest Territory; Sir Alexander Mackenzie's journal of a voyage by bark canoe from Lake Athabasca to the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1789 by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

10 editions published between 1966 and 2009 in English and French and held by 648 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First publication of manuscript in the British Museum and comparison with Mackenzie's published account of 1801; editor himself canoed down the Mackenzie River in 1965

First man West; Alexander Mackenzie's journal of his voyage to the Pacific coast of Canada in 1793 by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

17 editions published between 1962 and 1976 in English and held by 610 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Voyages from Montreal on the river St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the years 1789 and 1793. With a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of that country by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

41 editions published between 1802 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 563 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Voyages from Montreal on the river St. Laurence through the continent of North America to the frozen and Pacific Oceans in the years 1789 and 1793 : with a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of that country by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

38 editions published between 1801 and 1999 in English and held by 329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From Streeter: This is the classic account of Mackenzie's journey from Fort Chipeway on Lake Athabasca, here called Lake of the Hills, down the river which bears his name to the sea and back in 1789. Even more important is the journal of the journey from the "New Establishment" on the Peace River to the Pacific Ocean (actually to "Mackenzie's Rock" on Dean Channel), and the return to Fort Chipeway. This journey marked the first crossing of the continent by white men

Tableau historique et politique du commerce des pelleteries dans le Canada depuis 1608 jusqu'a nos jours contenant beaucoup de détails sur les nations sauvages qui l'habitent, et sur les vastes contrées qui y sont contiguës : avec un vocabulaire de la langue de plusieurs peuples de ces vastes contrées by Alexander Mackenzie( )

32 editions published between 1801 and 2001 in French and English and held by 247 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke : by order of the government of the United States : performed in the years 1804, 1805, & 1806 : being upwards of three thousand miles, from St. Louis, by way of the Missouri, and Columbia rivers, to the Pacifick ocean : containing an account of the Indian tribes, who inhabit the western part of the continent unexplored, and unknown before : with copious delineations of the manners, customs, religion, &c. of the Indians( )

8 editions published between 1809 and 1975 in English and held by 202 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A narrative or journal of voyages and travels through the north-west continent of America in the years 1789 & 1793 by Alexander Mackenzie( )

18 editions published between 1802 and 1999 in English and held by 184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Descriptive notes on certain implements, weapons, &c., from Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

22 editions published between 1891 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 152 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Voyages from Montreal, on the river St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the frozen and Pacific oceans: in the years 1789 and 1793. : With a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of that country ... by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

10 editions published between 1802 and 1971 in English and held by 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An interesting account of the voyages and travels of Captains Lewis and Clark, in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806. Giving a faithful description of the river Missouri and its source--of the various tribes of Indians through which they passed--manners and customs--soil--climate--commerce--gold and silver mines--animal and vegetable productions ... To which is added a complete dictionary of the Indian tongue( Book )

8 editions published in 1812 in English and held by 130 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Report of progress on the explorations and surveys up to January, 1874 by Sandford Fleming( Book )

7 editions published in 1874 in English and held by 111 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The journals and letters of Sir Alexander Mackenzie by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

11 editions published in 1970 in English and French and held by 106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Journals of his expeditions of 1789 and 1792-93; letters, 1786-1819, to Roderick McKenzie, McTavish, Fraser and Co., and others, relating to the fur trade in Canada

New travels among the Indians of North America : being a compilation taken partly from the communications already published of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the President of the United States, and partly from other authors who travelled among the various tribes of Indians ... with a dictionary of the Indian tongue( Book )

7 editions published in 1812 in English and held by 100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Voyages from Montreal, on the river St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the frozen and Pacific oceans, in the years 1789 and 1793 : with a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of that country : with original notes and an appendix by Bougainville, member of the French Senate by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

18 editions published between 1802 and 1982 in English and Undetermined and held by 99 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Alexander Mackenzie's Reise nach dem Nördlichen Eismeere vom 3. Jun. bis 12 September 1798 : aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen by Alexander Mackenzie( Book )

16 editions published between 1802 and 2000 in German and held by 88 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The travels of Capts. Lewis and Clarke from St. Louis, by way of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, to the Pacific ocean; performed in the years 1804, 1805 & 1806, by order of the government of the United States. Containing delineations of the manners, customs, religion, &c. of the Indians( Book )

5 editions published in 1809 in English and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A spurious account. Howes calls this the "counterfeit" edition, while Sabin states it contains material not published in any other edition. It is made up of material taken principally from three sources: (a) Message from the President of the United States communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar, Washington, 1806; (b) Jonathan Carver's Travels through the interior part of North America ... in the years 1766-1767 and 1768; (c) Alexander Mackenzie's Voyage from Montreal ... through the continent of North America in the years 1789-1793

Proposed general fishery and fur company by Alexander Mackenzie( )

12 editions published between 1893 and 2001 in English and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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