Carver’s Travels in Wisconsin. From the Third London Edition
by Carver, Jonathan
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- Hardcover
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Florham Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
8vo original cloth, paper spine label, illustrated, 376 pp. Staining to covers, front joint starting to split; foxing to contents, short stub tears to maps neatly repaired, ink name and bookplate to front free endpaper. Otherwise very good. This work is a reprint of the second issue of the third edition of Carver’s "Travels though the Interior Parts of North America", first published in 1778. Howes states this is the best American edition, and adds that Carver penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolutionary War. He was seeking a transcontinental waterway, and while he didn’t add a lot to the geography of the region, his work inspired a lot of interest by subsequent explorers like Lewis and Clark. Contains two folding maps, four plates, including one of a tobacco plant done by Nathaniel Currier.
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- Bookseller
- Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100103
- Title
- Carver’s Travels in Wisconsin. From the Third London Edition
- Author
- Carver, Jonathan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
- Western Americana. Travel & Exploration.
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