Sir Harry Johnston — Pioneers in Canada

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1912. Cloth. A brightly illustrated commentary on the "white man's discovery of North America" and expeditions into Canada from British explorer Sir Harry Hamilton. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, and eight black-and-white plates. Collated complete. A series of works on the dangers, discoveries, and the daring heroism of white men (and sometimes white women) in lands previously unexplored by peoples from their countries or regions. Illustrating the first coming of the Europeans to regions inhabited by other folk across North America and Canada. With chapters on important travelers including: Jacques Cartier, Chaplain and the foundation of Canada, the Hudson Bay explorers, Samuel Hearne, Alexander Mackenzie, and more. Written by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa. Illustrated by Ernest Charles Wallcousins, a British illustrator and later a famous portraitist and landscape painter. He is best known as an official WWII artist, and painted British prime minister Winston Churchill's WWII victory portrait in 1945. Dated from the British Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities resulting in loss to the head and tail of the spine, as well as the panel edges. The odd closed tear resulting in creasing to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Ernest Wallcousins. Very Good/Good Only.