Three years travels through the interior parts of North-America, for more than five thousand miles; : containing an account of the Great Lakes, and all the lakes, islands, and rivers, cataracts, mountains, minerals, soil and vegetable productions of the northwest regions of that vast continent; : with a description of the birds, beasts, reptiles, insects, and fishes peculiar to the country. Together with a concise history of the genius, manners, and customs of the Indians inhabiting the lands that lie adjacent to the heads and to the westward of the great river Mississippi; : and an appendix describing the uncultivated parts of American that are the most proper for forming settlements. / By Captain Jonathan Carver.

Author/creator Carver, Jonathan
Other author Key & Simpson, bookseller.
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia, [Pennsylvania] : Key & Simpson, 1796.
Descriptionxx, ix, [10]-360, 20, 8 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
Subjects

Uniform titleTravels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768
Variant title 3 years travels through the interior parts of North-America, for more than five thousand miles
Running title Carver's travels
Variant title Binder's spine title : Carver's travels
Local noteJoyner Rare copy includes both sets of subscription lists at end and notes and an original drawing in pencil on front and rear flyleaves.
General noteOriginally published in 1778 under title: Travels through the interior parts of North America in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768. An article on Carver and his book and its probable authorship may be found in American Historical Review for January 1906, v. 11, p. 287.
General noteSignatures: [a]⁴ b⁴ c² A-2Y⁴ A-B⁴ C²A⁴.
General note"In two states: printed on thick, and ordinary paper."--Evans, C. American bibliography, 30169.
General note"Contains, a twenty-page list of subscribers. To some copies an additional eight-page list of subscribers, residing in New York, is added which, from the different type used, was probably printed in New York for insertion in the copies sold in that city."--Evans, C. American bibliography, 30169.
References Evans, C. American bibliography, 30169
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy Purchased from Jeffrey H. Marks, 4/8/2019
Issued in other formOnline version: Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780. Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768. Three years travels through the interior parts of North-America, for more than five thousand miles. Philadelphia : Key & Simpson, 1796
Genre/formEarly works.
LCCN 01017053

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