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Exploratory travels through the western territories of North America: comprising a voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the source of that river, and a journey through the interior of Louisiana, and the north-eastern provinces of New Spain. Performed in the years 1805, 1806, 1807, by order of the government of the United States.
- Title
- Exploratory travels through the western territories of North America: comprising a voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the source of that river, and a journey through the interior of Louisiana, and the north-eastern provinces of New Spain. Performed in the years 1805, 1806, 1807, by order of the government of the United States.
- Author
- Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813
- Publication
- London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/text | Restricted use | Arents S 0918 | Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/text | Restricted use | *KF 1811 (Pike, Z. Exploratory travels) | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Rees, Thomas, 1777-1864
- Description
- xx, 436 p. 2 maps (1 fold.); 30 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- Sabin 62837 /
- Numerous references to tobacco use among the Indians and to pipes in Indian customs and ceremonies, e. g., p. 23: "[The chief] had prepared a pipe (instead of a letter) to present me, to show to all the other bands of the Sioux above ... "
- "This is the standard English edition, prepared under the ... editorship of Dr. Thomas Rees, from a manuscript copy transmitted to England at the time that the original manuscript went to press in America." - Pike, Expeditions, edited by E. Coues, 1895. The American edition, Baltimore 1810, was issued with title: An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi, and through the western parts of Louisiana."
- Provenance: M. Gage (autograph: "Got from M. N. Mahon, May 15th, 1811")
- Call Number
- Arents S 0918
- OCLC
- 4974133
- NYPG744701992-B
- Author
- Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.
- Title
- Exploratory travels through the western territories of North America: comprising a voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the source of that river, and a journey through the interior of Louisiana, and the north-eastern provinces of New Spain. Performed in the years 1805, 1806, 1807, by order of the government of the United States.
- Imprint
- London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Rees, Thomas, 1777-1864.
- Research Call Number
- Arents S 0918*KF 1811 (Pike, Z. M. Exploratory travels)