A North West View of the Cohoes, or Great Cataract of the Mohawk River, in the Province of New York in North America

by Thomas Davies, Mazell, c., active

$3,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare early view of the Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River in New York, by Thomas Davies one of the first surveyors to draw North America and Canada. Thomas Davies was born in England, but he spent the majority of his life in service in America and Canada. His distinguished career saw him through two wars and many uncharted lands, and his topographical drawings of Northern America and Canada remain some of the most important visual records of these territories. In 1755 he

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