Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 324

Price Realized: $ 1,000
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(TRAVEL.) Carver, Jonathan. Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America. Folding map, 2 plates. [20], 508 pages. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, minor wear; title page trimmed at top margin and partially detached, hinges split, closed tears on leaves P5-6, rear free endpaper coming loose; 1845 owner's signature on title page. Dublin, 1779

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first dublin edition, reprinted from the 1778 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. Sabin 11184.