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[EXPLORATION -- HUDSON'S BAY]. ELLIS, Henry. A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California. London: H. Whitridge, 1748. 8o. Engraved folding map and 9 engraved plates. (Some occasional pale spotting.) Contemporary speckled calf (rebacked to match). Hill p.261; Lande 1161; NMM 798; Sabin 22312; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 207. -- CHAPPELL, Edward. Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay in His Majesty's Ship Rosamond. London: J. Mawman, 1817. 8o. Engraved folding map and 9 engravings on 4 sheets. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, uncut. Provenance: George A. Drummond (bookplate and signature on title-page). Arctic Bibliography 2994; NMM 812; Sabin 12005; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 976. -- M'KEEVOR, Thomas. A Voyage to Hudson's Bay During the Summer of 1812. London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1819. 8o. 6 aquatint or engraved plates. Modern quarter calf, marbled boards, uncut. Arctic Bibliography 10643; Lande 1314; NMM 811; Sabin 43396; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 910. -- SIMPSON, Thomas. Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America; Effected by the Officers of the Hudson's Bay Company During the Years 1836-39. London: Richard Bentley, 1843. 8o. 2 engraved folding maps in front pocket. Original brown blind-decorated cloth, uncut (spine partially split at head). Provenance: Copley Amory (armorial bookplate). Arctic Bibliography 16124; Field 1411; Lada-Mocarski 116 ("valuable for the early exploration of this region of Alaska"); NMM 859; Sabin 81374; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 2315. -- Report of the Second Hudson's Bay Expedition Under the Command of A.R. Gordon, R.N., 1885. n.p., [1886]. [Bound with:] Report of the Hudson's Bay Expedition of 1886 under the Command of Lieut. A.R. Gordon. Victoria, 1887. [And with:] Report of the Expedition to Hudson Bay and Cumberland Gulf in the Steamship "Diana" under the Command of William Wakeham. Ottawa, 1898. Together 3 volumes bound in one, 8o. Maps and plates, some folding. Modern quarter calf, marbled boards, original wrappers bound in. Together 5 bound volumes. (5)