History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, performed during the years 1804-5-6 / by order of the government of the United States ; prepared for the press by Paul Allen, esquire ; in two volumes.
The first definitive account of Lewis and Clark's expedition into the American West, which began near St. Louis, ended at the Pacific Ocean, and took more than two years to complete. While based on the journals of Lewis and Clark, the text was written by Nicholas Biddle and edited by Paul Allen.
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| Uniform Title: | History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark |
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia : New York :
Published by Bradford and Inskeep ; Abm. H. Inskeep,
1814.
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| Ownership and Custodial History: |
MSU: Contemporary ownership signature of Washington McKean on each title page.
Bookseller's description available in MSS466 box 1 folder 275. |
| Local Note: |
MSU: The large folding map at the front of v. 1, priced separately at time of publication and not issued in all copies, is here present in facsimile. |
| Binding Information: |
MSU: Late-20th-century marbled calf in early-19th-century period style; spine and boards tooled in gold; black leather spine labels. |
| Physical Description: | 2 volumes : 6 maps ; 22 cm |
| Variant Title: |
Lewis and Clarke's expedition up the Missouri. [Running title] |
| Format: | Book |
MSU Special Collections - Rare Books
| Call Number: |
XX F592.4 1814
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