[Cramer, Zadok]:
$5,250 · Offered by William Reese Company
THE NAVIGATOR: CONTAINING DIRECTIONS FOR NAVIGATING THE MONONGAHELA, ALLEGHENY, OHIO, AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS; WITH AN AMPLE ACCOUNT OF THESE MUCH ADMIRED WATERS...TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, ... Styled "Seventh Edition" on the titlepage, but actually the fifth known edition, after those of 1802, 1804, 1806, and 1808. The first two of these exist in a few copies only. The present edition is considerably larger than preceding ones, with a woodcut map of Pittsburgh, thirteen woodcut maps of the Ohio, and thirteen of the Mississippi. There is also an appendix containing much information on the Lewis and Clark expedition, first included in the 1808 edition. Cramer's guide was the first navigational guide to the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.This copy contains the book label of S.E. Morse, likely Sidney Edwards Morse (1794-1871). Morse was the son of noted minister and geographer Jedidiah Morse and, like his father, went on to publish a number of popular geography textbooks.
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