(TRAVEL) Bradbury John Travels in the Interior of America in

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(TRAVEL.) Bradbury, John. Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811. xii, [9]-364 pages plus errata slip bound in. 8vo, modern imitation calf; foxing, occasional isolated dampstaining including title page, closed tears to 3 leaves, rear flyleaf chipped. Liverpool, 1817

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first edition. Bradbury was a Scottish botanist who came to study the plant life of the American west. He spent much of his time making exploring the region around St. Louis, and also spent much of 1811 in Arikara and Mandan territory before heading down the Mississippi to New Orleans. In addition to his botanical interests, he provides an Osage vocabulary, and reports on a major earthquake and the escape of mountain man John Colter from the Blackfeet. An appendix discusses his apparently later visit to the eastern plains and Alleghenies circa 1816: Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, and Illinois. "One of the most accurate and pleasingly written travel accounts of this period"--Clark, Old South II:137. Ayer, Indian Captivity supplement 23; Buck 89; Graff 383; Howes B695 ("aa"); Pilling, Siouan page 7; Sabin 7207; Streeter sale III:1779; Wagner-Camp 14:1.