(MISSISSIPPI RIVER) Nicollet Joseph Nicolas Report Intended

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(MISSISSIPPI RIVER.) Nicollet, Joseph Nicolas. Report Intended to Illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River. Folding map. 8vo, contemporary calf, minor wear and soiling; minor foxing, short tear on map just within border; 1953 owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Washington, 1843

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Recounts a trip up the Missouri River, across the Dakotas to Minnesota, and down the Mississippi. Also includes a lengthy "Sketch of the Early History of St. Louis." Features a large and important map, a collaboration between Nicollet, Frémont and Emory. 26th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Doc. 237. Buck 339; Graff 3022; Howes N152 ("aa"); Sabin 55257; Schwartz and Ehrenberg, pages 267-8 and plate 165; Wagner-Camp 98.