Title: Three Years Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America, for more than five thousand miles, containing an account of the great lakes, and all the lakes, islands, and rivers, cataracts, mountains,... with a description of the birds, beasts, reptiles, insects, and fishes peculiar to the country. Author: Carver, Jonathan Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Joseph Crukshank Date: 1792 Description: xvi, 282 pp. (12mo) 16.2x9.7 cm. (6½x3¾"), modern brown cloth, leather spine label. Early American Edition (first published in 1778). "Carver penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolution. Like his French predecessor Verendrye, he was seeking a transcontinental waterway..." Howes C-215. Sabin 383. Provenance: Jasper Moreducke (bookplate). Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear to paper, foxing throughout; very good. Item number: 210113
Title: Three Years Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America, for more than five thousand miles, containing an account of the great lakes, and all the lakes, islands, and rivers, cataracts, mountains,... with a description of the birds, beasts, reptiles, insects, and fishes peculiar to the country. Author: Carver, Jonathan Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Joseph Crukshank Date: 1792 Description: xvi, 282 pp. (12mo) 16.2x9.7 cm. (6½x3¾"), modern brown cloth, leather spine label. Early American Edition (first published in 1778). "Carver penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolution. Like his French predecessor Verendrye, he was seeking a transcontinental waterway..." Howes C-215. Sabin 383. Provenance: Jasper Moreducke (bookplate). Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear to paper, foxing throughout; very good. Item number: 210113
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