$2,250
"TRAVELS THROUGH THE INTERIOR PARTS OF NORTH-AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1766-67 & 68", BY J. CARVER, 1778:The title page reads "Travels Through The Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768. By J. Carver, Esq. Captain of a Company of Provincial Troops During the Late War with France. Illustrated with Copper Plates. London: Printed for the Author; And Sold by J. Walter, at Charing-Cross, and S. Crowder, in Pater-Noster Row. MDCCLXXVIII.". Includes two fold out maps: "A View of North America From the Latest Discoveries 1778. Engrav'd for Carvers Travels" and "A Plan of Captain Carvers Travels in the Interior Parts of North America in 1766 and 1767". Also includes four etchings: "The Falls of St. Anthony River Mississippi...", "A Man and Woman of the Ottigaumies", "A Man and Woman of the Naudowessie" and "A Pipe of Peace. A War Club or Cafsa Tate. The Antient Tomahawk. A Naudowessie Dagger Formerly Made of Stone". Partial leather cover.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2011-07-09
