Samuel Hearne's Reise von dem Prinz von Wallis-Fort an der Hudsons-Bay bis zu dem Eismeere, in den Jahren 1769 bis 1772 : Aus dem Englischen übersetzt

Mit Anmerkungen von Johann Reinhold Forster, Professor der Naturgeschichte und Mineralogie in Halle ...[Orig. Ausg. London 1795]Die Vorlage enth. insgesamt 3 WerkeVorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Berlin, 1797. In der Vossischen Buchhandlung

Northwest Territories Canada 1795

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A winter view in the Athapuscow lake.

Scène d'extérieur représentant un paysage d'hiver d'une forêt dégagée au lac Athapuscow.Plate IV (en haut à gauche); A WINTER VIEW in the ATHAPUSCOW LAKE, by SAM.L HEARNE, 1771. London Published Jan.y 1st., 1795, by Cadell & Davies, Strand (en bas au centre); To face Page 248 (en haut à droite); J. Saunders sculp.t (en bas à droite); S. H. delin. (en bas à gauche).Titre tiré de la table des illustrations.En regard de la page 248Voici comment le récit présente la scène illustrée : "After expending some days in hunting beaver, we proceeded to cross the Athapuscow Lake ; but as we had lost much time in hunting deer and beaver, which were very plentiful on some of the islands, it was the ninth of January before we arrived on the South side. This lake, from the best information which I could get from the natives, is about one hundred and twenty leagues long from East to West, and twenty wide from North to South. The point where we crossed it is said to be the narrowest. It is full of islands ; most of which are clothed with fine tall poplars, birch, and pines, and are well stocked with Indian deer. On some of the large islands we also found several beaver ; but this must be understood only of such island as had large ponds in them ; for not one beaver-house was to be seen on the margin of any of them.” p. 248. Référence(s) : Voir pour une comparaison des illustrations du dernier voyage de Cook et du voyage de Hearne : Philippe Despoix, "The exchanged Portrait and the Lethal Picture : Visualisation Techniques and Native Knowledge in Samuel Hearne’s Sketches from His Trek to the Arctic Ocean and John Webber’s Record of the Northern Pacific", dans Gestes admirables ou la culture visuelle de l’imprimé/ The Visual Culture of Print. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, 23 : 4 (été 2011), p. 667-689. Chercheur : Philippe Despoix

A plan of Albany River in Hudson's Bay.

Carte géographique représentant la rivière Albany dans la baie d'Hudson.Plate VI (en haut à gauche); A Plan of ALBANY RIVER in HUDSON'S BAY (en bas à gauche); by S. H. 1774 (sous le titre); London Published Jan.y 1st., 1795, by Cadell & Davies, Strand (en bas au centre); At the end (en haut à droite); S. J. Neele sculp.t 352 Strand.À la suite de la planche

Plan of Slude River.

Carte géographique représentant la rivière Slude.Plate VIII (en haut à gauche); At the end (en haut à droite); Plan of SLUDE RIVER Lat. 52° 15 N. Long. 83° 20 W. by S.H. (en bas au centre); London Published Jan.y 1st., 1794, by Cadell & Davies, Strand (en bas au centre); Neele Sculp.t 352 Strand.À la suite de la planche V

Indian implements : bow, arrow, snowshoe, sledge and kettle.

Illustration représentant cinq figures : un arc, une flèche, une raquette, un traîneau et un récipient d'écorce.plate V (en haut à gauche); At the end (en haut à droite); S. H. delin. (en bas à gauche); Neele sculp.t 352 Strand (en bas à droite);Titre tiré de l'image.En regard de la page 458Voici comment le récit présente la scène illustrée : "Their bows and arrows, though their original weapons are, since the introduction of fire-arms among them become of little use, except in killing deer as they walk or run through a narrow pass prepared for their reception, where several Indians lie concealed for that purpose. This method of hunting is only practicable in Summer, and on the barren ground, where they have an extensive prospect, and can see the herds of deer at a great distance, as well as discover the nature of the country, and make every necessary arrangement for driving them through the narrow defiles.” p. 320-321. […] "In the fall of the year, and as the Winter advances, those people sew the skin of the deers legs together in the shape of long portmanteaux, which, when hauled on the snow as the hair lies, are as slippery as an otter, and serve them as temporary sledges while on the barren ground ; but when they arrive at any woods, they then make proper sledges, with thin boards of the larch-tree generally known in hudson’s Bay by the name of Juniper.” p. 324. […] "Their snow-shoes differ from all others made use of those parts ; for though they are of the gallery kind, that is, sharp-pointed before, yet they are always to be worn on one foot, and cannot be shifted from side to side, like other shoes ; for this reason the inner-side has a very large sweep. The frames are generally made of birch-wood, and the netting is composed of thongs of deer-skin ; but their mode of filling that compartment where the foot rests, is quite different from that used among the Southern Indians.” p. 325. Référence(s) : Voir pour une comparaison des illustrations du dernier voyage de Cook et du voyage de Hearne : Philippe Despoix, "The exchanged Portrait and the Lethal Picture : Visualisation Techniques and Native Knowledge in Samuel Hearne’s Sketches from His Trek to the Arctic Ocean and John Webber’s Record of the Northern Pacific", dans Gestes admirables ou la culture visuelle de l’imprimé/ The Visual Culture of Print. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, 23 : 4 (été 2011), p. 667-689. Chercheur : Philippe Despoix

Plan of Moose River in Hudson's Bay.

Carte géographique représentant la rivière Moose dans la baie d'Hudson.Plate VII (en haut à gauche); At the end (en haut à droite); Plan of MOOS RIVER, in HUDSON'S BAY, NORTH AMERICA. Lat. 53° N. Lon. 83° W. from London by S.H. 1774 (en bas à gauche); London Published Jan.y 1st., 1795, by Cadell & Davies, Strand (en bas au centre); Neele Sculp.t 352 Strand (en bas à droite).Titre tiré de la table des illustrations.À la suite de la planche V