History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean : performed during the years 1804-5-6 by order of the government of the United States
by Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.
| Print Book 1814 |
| Available at 1 Library 2 of 2 copies |
Contents
Appendix contains: Observations and reflections on the present and future state of upper Louisiana, in relation to the government of the Indian nations ...A summary statement of the rivers, creeks, and most remarkable places, their distances from each other, &c. ...
Estimate of the western Indians
Thermometrical observations ... Remarks and reflections.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Lewis, Meriwether,
-- 1774-1809
-- Travel
-- West (U.S.)
Clark, William, -- 1770-1838 -- Travel -- West (U.S.) Lewis and Clark Expedition -- (1804-1806) West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. Missouri River -- Description and travel. Columbia River -- Description and travel. West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848. |
| Publisher | Philadelphia : New York :Bradford and Inskeep ;1814 Abm. H. Inskeep, |
| Other Titles | History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clarke's expedition up the Missouri History, Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-06 |
| Contributors |
Clark, William,
1770-1838. Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844. Allen, Paul, 1775-1826. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
"Mr. [Nicholas] Biddle's name does not appear ... It is said, however, by Robert T. Conrad, that Mr. Biddle actually wrote the two volumes from Lewis and Clarke's notes"--Appletons' cycl. of Amer. biog. Vol. 1: xxviii, 470 p.; v. 2: ix, 522 p., [6] leaves of plates, 1 folded. Unfolded frontispiece map of the expedition from CMNH copy mounted in folder 35 x 76 cm. and housed separately in RBC folio section. |
| Description |
2 volumes : maps ; 22 cm |
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