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Scarce book: Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. First edition. London: Printed for the author and sold by J. Walter, 1778. Hardcover bound in modern full red polished calf, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, top edge gilt, 6 x 8.75, 543 pages pages. Book condition: G+/None, with scuffing to spine, short closed tear to frontispiece folding map and three very short closed tears to other folding map, and browning to title page.
An important publication documenting Massachusetts-born Jonathan Carver’s ambitious expedition in search of a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. Motivated by the substantial reward offered by the British crown and Parliament for successfully mapping a western route to the Pacific, Carver became the first English-speaking explorer to venture west of the Upper Mississippi River. His historically significant and immensely popular travel narrative is credited with helping inspire Lewis and Clark’s later explorations of the American West.
References: Howes C215; Sabin 11184; Streeter Sale 1772.
