Item #67374 Three Years Travels Throughout the Interior Parts of North-America, for more then 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. Captain Jonathan Carver.
Three Years Travels Throughout the Interior Parts of North-America, for more then 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.
Three Years Travels Throughout the Interior Parts of North-America, for more then 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.

Three Years Travels Throughout the Interior Parts of North-America, for more then 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.

Printed in the USA. David West. 1797. No edition marks. Leather over boards. Hardcover leather (brown) over boards. 12mo. xvi, 6-312 pp. Unillustrated. Unknown edition; the first edition of this book was published in 1778. Carver dies two years later in 1780, and his book is printed by several publishers in both the UK and America. Contemporary binding. Black faux leather label with gilt short title pasted on spine. Single line gilt border on front board. Bookplate (Dorcest Soc Antiq et Hist) on front pastedown. Text block foxed and age toned. Binding is strong and square. Small dent in the top left corner of the front board, and the top right corner of the label is peeling. Good condition overall. Good. Item #67374

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