An Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clark, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806: Giving a Faithful Description of the (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781275657793)

Title: An Interesting account of the voyages and travels of Captains Lewis and Clark, in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806: giving a faithful description of the river Missouri and its source--of the various tribes of Indians through which they passed ... to which is added a complete dictionary of the Indian tongue.Author: Meriwether LewisPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01181000CollectionID: CTRG93-B4091PublicationDate: 18120101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: A spurious account, of which the earliest American edition, Philadelphia, 1809, appeared under title: The travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke. The various spurious editions are made up of material taken principally from three sources: (a) Message from the President of the United States communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar, Washington, 1806; (b) Jonathan Carver's Travels through the interior parts of North-America ... in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768; (c) Alexander Mackenzie's Voyage from Montreal ... through the continent of North America in the years 1789 and 1793. For detailed descriptions of contents of this and other spurious editions cf. History of the expedition ... of Lewis and Clark, ed. by Elliott Coues, 1893, v. 1, p. cviii-cxvii; and V.H. Paltsits' Bibliographical data, in Original journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition, ed. by R.G. Thwaites, 1904, v. 1, p. lxvi-lxx. Vocabulary of the Knisteneaux (Crees): p. 148-155.Collation: 326 p., 2] leaves of plates: ports; 18 cm

Author: Meriwether Lewis
ISBN-10: 1275657796
ISBN-13: 9781275657793
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2012
Pages: 326
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.68d