TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA; With Geological Observations on the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia TWO VOLUMES

Lyell, Charles

Verlag: John Murray, London, 1845

Beschreibung

Two volumes bound in original green cloth impressed with a botanical pattern in blind on all Covers. Some staining on covers. Volume I viii + 316. Fine hand coloured frontis of Birds Eye View of the Falls of Niagara and Adjacent Country. Coloured geologically. Together with hand coloured map of the Niagara District and other black and white illustrations. All plates present. Volume II viii + 272 + 12 pages of ads for Mr Murray s Home and Colonial Library. Frontis Fine large folding hand coloured Geological Map of the United States. All other black and white plates present. Publishers Errata slip tipped in opposite viii. All plates in excellent condition. Pages uncut. Binders ticket, Remnant & Edmonds, London, on back e.p. Vol I. Sir Charles Lyell journeyed up the Hudson River and across New York to the Niagara Falls. From there he went through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the Alleghenies Carolinas, and into Kentucky and the Ohio before completing his journey via the Saint Lawrence River to Nova Scotia. The large geological map of the United States and Canada was (and remains) an important early study and its colour key identifies 20 different geological units. The map extends to about the 110th meridian to include the Republic of Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and the North West Territory. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1595322505745

Bibliografische Details

Titel: TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA; With Geological ...

Verlag: John Murray, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1845

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition