Title: Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 Author: Carver, J[onathan] Place: Dublin Publisher: S. Price Date: 1779 Description: [20], 508 pp. 1 (of 2) copper-engraved plates. (8vo) 8x5, period full calf, endpapers replaced. First Irish Edition. Account of exploration into the interior of North America by an Englishman seeking a transcontinental waterway. Carver penetrated farther to the west that any English explorer before the Revolution. Notwithstanding the lack of substantial contributions to geographic knowledge, Howes notes that "his book...stimulated curiosity concerning routes to the Pacific, later satisfied by Mackenzie and Lewis and Clark." The remaining plate is Indian artifacts including a peace pipe. The first edition of the book was published in London the preceding year. Field 251; (Graff 622); Howes C215; Sabin 11184. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers worn, lacking map and one plate; some faint staining, a few pencil notations, ink notes on plate; else very good Item number: 192485
Title: Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 Author: Carver, J[onathan] Place: Dublin Publisher: S. Price Date: 1779 Description: [20], 508 pp. 1 (of 2) copper-engraved plates. (8vo) 8x5, period full calf, endpapers replaced. First Irish Edition. Account of exploration into the interior of North America by an Englishman seeking a transcontinental waterway. Carver penetrated farther to the west that any English explorer before the Revolution. Notwithstanding the lack of substantial contributions to geographic knowledge, Howes notes that "his book...stimulated curiosity concerning routes to the Pacific, later satisfied by Mackenzie and Lewis and Clark." The remaining plate is Indian artifacts including a peace pipe. The first edition of the book was published in London the preceding year. Field 251; (Graff 622); Howes C215; Sabin 11184. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers worn, lacking map and one plate; some faint staining, a few pencil notations, ink notes on plate; else very good Item number: 192485
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