(TRAVEL) Carver Jonathan Travels through the Interior Parts

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(TRAVEL.) Carver, Jonathan. Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America. 2 folding maps, 4 plates. 8vo, contemporary polished calf, front board detached, otherwise minor wear; short closed tears to first map, 3-inch cello tape repair to verso of second map, third plate missing a corner, bookplate removed from front pastedown, moderate foxing, offsetting from plates. London, 1778

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first edition. "Carver penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolution" and "stimulated curiosity concerning routes to the Pacific, later satisfied by Mackenzie and Lewis and Clark"--Howes C215 ("aa"). The book records his travels as far west as modern-day Minnesota and Wisconsin, and also describes his injuries and capture by the French and Indians at Fort William Henry in 1757. In this book, Carver was also the first to use the word "Oregon." "Particularly rich in Indian lore and the methods of Indian warfare"--Lande 108 (re second edition). Pilling, Algonquin 58; Sabin 11184; Streeter sale III:1772; Vail 654; Wheat, Trans-Mississippi West 175 and page I:140.