Headwaters Of The Mississippi Comprising Biographical Sketches Of Early And Recent Explorers Of

by Willard Glazier Capt

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First edition

Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1893. First edition, 8vo, 527pp., numerous illustrations throughout the text; previous owner's rubberstamps on title page and endpapers, else a very good, sound copy in original decorative blue cloth stamped in silver and gilt. Glazier explored the headwaters of the Mississippi in 1881, and claims the discovery of the true source of the Mississippi lying immediately to the south of Lake Itasca, a small lake

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