CHARLEVOIX PIERRE FRANCOIS XAVIER de Journal of a Voyage to

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CHARLEVOIX, PIERRE FRANCOIS-XAVIER de. Journal of a Voyage to North America. Undertaken by Order of the French King. Engraved folding map. viii (including half-title and title), 128, 145-382 pages; viii (including half-title and title), 380, [26] pages, (with four pages of advertisements coming before index in volume two, otherwise collates with Howes). Two volumes. 8vo, modern full calf; very minor foxing. London: Dodsley, 1761

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first edition in english. Charlevoix traveled extensively throughout the North American frontier at the outset of the 18th century, particularly in French territories and along the Mississippi. His voyage, and proposals for finding a passage to the Pacific, were of increased importance to the British at the time this edition was published, namely because of the ongoing French and Indian War. Howes C-308.