De Smet, Pierre-Jean:

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MISSIONS DE L'ORÉGON ET VOYAGES AUX MONTAGNES ROCHEUSES AUX SOURCES DE LA COLOMBIE, DE L'ATHABASCA ET DU SASCATSHAWIN, EN 1845-46. The first edition in French of De Smet's OREGON MISSIONS AND TRAVELS OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS..., detailing his various trips through eastern Washington, and a trip via the source of the Columbia to Athabasca and the Assiniboine Country. This edition contains some material not present in the English edition, most importantly the maps. A large map of Oregon, and maps of the sources of the Columbia and Platte rivers, adorn this edition and are called by Wheat, "basic contributions to the geographical knowledge of the Northwest."

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