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With copper-engraved map of Oregon in 1838
With copper-engraved map of Oregon in 1838
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Author: Parker, Samuel
Title: Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains under the Supervision of the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions the Years 1835, '36, and '37... with a Map of Oregon Territory
Place Published: Ithaca, NY
Publisher:Published by the author
Date Published: 1840
Description: xvi, [17]-400 pp. Folding copper-engraved frontispiece map. 18.8x11.5 cm (7½x4¾"), blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Second Edition.This edition has the same map as the 1838 first edition, measuring 39x57 cm (15½x22½). Wheat states that the map was the "earliest map of the Oregon interior with a pretense of accuracy." and "represented a real advance, and it was made from personal observations." Field 1175; Graff 3194; Howes P89; Rader 2600n; Sabin 58729; Smith 7896; (Tweney 60); Wagner-Camp 70:4; Wheat Transmississippi Map 438. Ink marks of previous owners.
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Cloth lightly faded and worn, chips lost along spine and joints; toning and foxing throughout; very good.
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