PIKE, ZEBULON MONTGOMERY. 1779-1813. 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. London: Longman, 1811.

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PIKE, ZEBULON MONTGOMERY. 1779-1813.
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. London: Longman, 1811.

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PIKE, ZEBULON MONTGOMERY. 1779-1813.
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. London: Longman, 1811.
xx, 436 pp. 2 engraved maps, one of which is folding. 4to (270 x 210 mm). Period calf, a.e.g. Offsetting and foxing from maps to text, rebacked and recornered, upper joint cracked.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. The narrative of "the first explorer under the government of the United States, of that vast portion of the republic now forming the States of Arkansas, Texas, and New Mexico" (Field). See preceding lot for a description of his expedition. Field 1218; Howes P373; Sabin 62837; Wagner-Camp 9:2.

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