The Travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke, by order of the government of the United States : performed in the years 1804, 1805, & 1806 : being upward of three thousand miles, from St. Louis, by way of the Missouri, and Columbia Rivers, to the Pacifick Ocean : containing an account of the Indian tribes, who inhabit the western part of the continent unexplored, and unknown before : with copious delineations of the manners, customs, religion, &c. of the Indians / compiled from various authentic sources, and documents ; to which is subjoined, a summary of the Statistical view of the Indian nations, from the official communication of Meriwether Lewis ...
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Hubbard Lester,
1809.
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| Series: | Early American imprints.
no. 18775. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 300 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : map ; 19 cm |
| Format: | Microfilm Book |
| Note: | Map wanting. The earliest American edition of the spurious account of the Lewis and Clark expeditions. It is made up of material taken principally from three sources: (A) Message from the President of the United States communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red river and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar, Washington, 1806; (B) Jonathan Carver's Travels through the interior parts of North America ... in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768; (C) Alexander Mackenzie's Voyage from Montreal ... through the continent of North America in the years 1789 and 1793. For detailed descriptions of contents of this and other spurious editions, cf. History of the expedition ... of Lewis and Clark, edition by Elliott Coues, 1893, volume 1, p. cviii-cxvii; and V.H. Paitsits's Bibliographical data, in Original journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition, edition by R.G. Thwaites, 1904, volume 1, p. lxvi-lxx. Vocabulary of the Knisteneaux (Crees): pages 133-141. Master microform held by: Readex. Microform. |
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| Call Number: | 1 Microprint 2nd Ser. no.18775 |
| References: |
Shaw & Shoemaker, 18775. |
| Reproduction Note: |
Microopaque. New York, N.Y. : Readex Microprint Corporation, 1970. 4 cards ; 15 x 23 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 18775) |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |