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Keating, William H.

Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, etc Performed in the Year 1823, . . . under the command of Stephen H. Long

1959

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Year of publication
1959
Place of printing
Minneapolis. Ross & Haines, Inc
Author
Keating, William H.
Keyword
Travel - North America
Languages
English

Description

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes in one, xxiv, [ii], 458; 248, [xiv] pp, frontis, plates, large folding map. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (small spot on spine), fine, quite clean an unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Howes K20. Sabin describes the first edition (31137) as "almost a cyclopaedia of material relating to the Indians of the explored territory. Nothing escaped the attention or record of the gentlemen who accompanied the expedition and their statements respecting the Sioux and Chippeway tribes are among the most valuable we have". This is the full record of Long's second expedition a prime source of information on the early exploration and Indian activity of the upper mid-west. The last part of the book is a vocabulary of Indian languages.

Edizione: edition limited to 1500 copies.