1789 THREE YEARS TRAVELS INTERIOR PARTS NORTH AMERICA CARVER AMERICAN INDIANS
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I have here for sale a RARE book entitled 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, Minerals, Soil and Vegetable Productions of the North-West Regions of that vast Continent; with a Description of the Birds, Beasts, Reptiles, Insects, and Fishes peculiar to the Country, together with a concise History of the Genius, Manners, and... Customs of the Indians inhabiting the Lands that lie adjacent to the Heads and to the Westward of the great River Mississippi; and an Appendix, describing the uncultivated Parts of America that are the most proper for forming Settlements by Captain Jonathan Carver. It was printed in Philadelphia by Joseph Crukshank in 1789 and I believe is a 2nd edition.A very important book in the history of the exploration of the American West as Carver was the first English-speaking explorer to venture west of the upper Mississippi River. He anticipated the idea of a continental divide as he was the first to mention a large mountain range to the west (presumably the Rocky Mountains) that blocks the westward passage and serves as a continental divide. Further, the name 'Oregon' appears in print here for the first time, both in the text, and on one of the maps. Carver penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolution and stimulated curiosity concerning routes to the Pacific, later satisfied by Mackenzie and Lewis and Clark. The book proved and remained immensely popular. Leather hardboards, both boards firmly attached, pages are foxed throughout but all pages firm and readable. No front free endpaper. Good binding and rare to find complete copy of this early copy of the exploration of the United States. 282pp, 17 x 10.5 cm.Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.We have over 1000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy.
