Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and '20, By Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun. Volume I only

Edwin James

Verlag: H. C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1823

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First edition. Volume 1 only. pp. [4], 5, [3], 503. Bound in contemporary half calf and marbled paper-covered boards, worn. Contents foxed This notable government expedition (commanded by Major Stephen H. Long) supplemented earlier discoveries of Pike and Lewis and Clark, and eventually pronounced the "plains region as nothing but a desert, incapable of cultivation" (Howes). Long was appointed by the government to explore the Yellowstone, but attempts to ascend the Missouri in a steamboat built for that purpose were unsuccessful. The expedition continued overland and finally crossed the plains through present-day Kansas and Colorado to the foot of the Front Range. The expedition failed to attain either of its objectives, reaching the headwaters of the Yellowstone and determining the sources of the Red River, but did add greatly to the geographical knowledge. [Graff: 2188; Howes I: J-41; Howes II: J-40; Streeter Sale: 1783; Wagner-Camp: 25:1]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 100306

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Titel: Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to ...

Verlag: H. C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Erscheinungsdatum: 1823

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage