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Scarce promotional pamphlet and maps, with the primary map showing the routes of the Alaskan Steams from San Francisco, Portland and Seattle to various points in Alaska, including Chilcat, Juneau, Sitka, Fort Tongas and Fort Rangell.
A fantastic early promotional brochure, pre-dating by 6 years the start of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The promotional tract begins with a portrait and a marvelous 15 panel (pre-gold) testimony by John Muir to the prospective travellers:
Going to the Mountains, going to God's clean, healthy wilds, near or far, is going home, and therefore it seems to me that the annual outing wise people take now-a-days from dust and care and early death, is one of the most hopeful and significant signs of the times.
The pamphlet is very rare. OCLC locates 1 copy of the 1891 edition (Huntington Library) and 1 copy of the 1892 edition (Washington State Library). We also note copies at Yale and the Library of Congress.
