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Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi in 1820. Resumed and Completed By the Discovery Ofits Origin in Itasca Lake in 1832 By Authority of the United States with Appendices.. by Schoolcraft, Henry R - 1855
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Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi in 1820. Resumed and Completed By the Discovery Ofits Origin in Itasca Lake in 1832 By Authority of the United States with Appendices..
by Schoolcraft, Henry R
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Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co, 1855. First Edition. Octavo. xx, [17]-596 pages. Subtitle continues: .....original report on the copper mines of Lake Superior and observations of the geology of the Lake basins and the summit of the Mississippi together with all the official reports and scientific papers of both expeditions. Schoolcraft was not only an explorer but an ethnologist as well. His observations even in this later expanded edition are significant. Bound in a decorative brown cloth lettered and decorated in black spine gilt and black, wear through to corners some wear to spine ends, upper edge with chip, corners bumped, hinges cracked but holding well and in custom myler jacket to help stabilize hinges. A good copy. [Howes S-192 issue without maps and plates....A fusion of his 1821 and 1834 narratives with some important additions].
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- Date Published 1855
- Keywords Exploration to Sources of Mississippi; Itasca Lke
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Summary narrative of an exploratory expedition to the sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820: resumed and completed, by the discovery of its origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832. By authority of the United States. With appendices, comprising by the Discovery
by Henry R Schoolcraft
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Summary narrative of an exploratory expedition to the sources of the Mississipppi River, in 1820: resumed and completed, by the discovery of its origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832. By authority of the United States. With appendices, comprising the original report on the copper mines of Lake Superior, and observations on the geology of the lake basins, and the summit of the Mississippi; together with all the official reports and scientific papers of both expeditions
by Henry R. Schoolcraft
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Lippincott, Grambo, and Co, 1855. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Philadelphia, 1855; black cloth covered boards; edge and corner wear with board exposed at corners; covers scuffed; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket; front hinge split; Interior is clean and unmarked; 598 pages.
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SUMMARY NARRATIVE of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River in 1820: Resumed and Completed by the Discovery of its Origins in Itasca Lake, in 1832
by Schoolcraft, Henry R
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Lippincott, Grambo, & Co., Philadelphia, 1855, 1855. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Reprint, without maps, in same year & with same imprint as 1st edition. Decorated cloth. 596pp. Appendices. Index. This edition recapitulates, to borrow Wagner-Camp-Becker, the earlier editions of the 1820 & 1832 expeditions of Schoolcraft to the upper reaches of the Mississippi River & the country over to Lake Superior. Appendices: "Comprising the Original Report on the Copper Mines of Lake Superior, and Observations on the Geology of the Lake Basins, and the Summit of the Mississippi, etc.. Cracked hinges reglued. A nearly vg copy. Priced accordingly. Scarce. WCB 50a:2, Howes S192, cf Graff 3698.
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