An Account Of Expeditions To The Sources Of The Mississippi And Through The Western Parts Of

by Zebulon Montgomery Pike

$12,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Contemporary tree calf boards, rebacked in calf and retaining original gilt morocco spine label. One of the most important of all American travel narratives: the first edition of the report of the first United States government expedition to the Southwest, including an account of Pike's exploration of the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red rivers, the sources of the Mississippi River, and the Spanish settlements in New Mexico. Pike's narrative stands with those of

• Binding: Leather

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