Imlay, Gilbert; and Filson, John:

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A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WESTERN TERRITORY OF NORTH AMERICA; CONTAINING A SUCCINCT ACCOUNT OF ITS CLIMATE, NATURAL HISTORY, POPULATION, AGRICULTURE, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS....[with:] THE ... First American edition of Imlay's A Topographical Description..., first published in London in 1792, and incorporating the second American edition of Filson's history of Kentucky, originally published in Wilmington in 1784. Filson's account, like Imlay's, is not altogether accurate, but it is important as the first history of Kentucky, the first account of Daniel Boone, and the first work to contain a map of Kentucky. In bringing together his own and Filson's narratives, and eventually adding the work of Hutchins, Imlay provides the most complete information on the trans-Allegheny region available at the end of the 18th century. Rare.

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