Reisen durch die innern gegenden von Nord-Amerika...aus dem Englischen

by Jonathan Carver

$1,500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Hamburg: C.E. Bohn, 1780. First German edition and first edition in a foreign language, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 456; engraved folding map; nice copy of a scarce edition in 20th century 3/4 red morocco gilt by Stikeman. A seminal book in the history of the exploration of the American west, and a cornerstone in Minnesota history. Peace between Great Britain and France at the close of the French and Indian Wars in 1763 brought eastern Minnesota under the British flag for

• Binding: Leather

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