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Green, William Spotswood

Among the Selkirk Glaciers, being the Account of a Rough Survey in the Rocky Mountain Regions of British Columbia

1890

329.00 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1890
Place of printing
London. Macmillan and Co.
Author
Green, William Spotswood
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - North America Mountaineering
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

12mo [19.5 x 14 cm]; xvi, 251, [iv, ads] pp, 9 plates including frontis, other illus, large folding map of Selkirk Range, with route in red and with inset of southern British Columbia. original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, gilt and black ruled borders, spine slightly faded but gilt bright, else a fine clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Neate G50: 'He was one of the first to climb in Canada where he mad the first ascent of Mount Bonney in the Selkirks in 1888.' The author, an Irish alpinist who earlier had climbed in New Zealand and in the Swiss Alps, was highly regarded as an explorer and mountaineer, his survey of the Selkirks being carried out at a time when no map existed. Lowther 878.