History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri Thence across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, Performed During the Years 1804-5-6 [with map:] Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean
Published by Philadelphia,, 1814
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2 volumes. First official edition of the account of the famous Lewis and Clarke expedition (1804-1806), complete with the very rare folding map, which "is gone from many if not most of the copies now extant" (Grolier). The importance of the work can hardly be overestimated. It is lauded as the most influential work concerning the exploration of the American West ever printed. The map, which was the first accurate map of the newly acquired Louisiana and filled in many of the areas that were left blank on earlier maps, is a cartographic landmark.The objective of the expedition undertaken by Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clarke (1770-1838) was to explore the Rocky Mountains, find a way to the Pacific, discover the source of the Missouri River, and establish trading ties with the Natives. They were prompted by Thomas Jefferson, who had realised the importance of exploring the area. Lewis and Clark were the first to travel overland to the Pacific Ocean and back. They brought back a wealth of new information about the geography, natural history, and the many Native tribes of the American West. Numerous species of birds and plants hitherto unknown to science were discovered (e.g. Lewis' Woodpecker, Lewis's Syringa etc.). The explorers traversed, moreover, through Louisiana, a territory annexed to the United States just prior to the start of the expedition (1803), and then still as little known as the interior of Africa.The work is an account of the expedition, based on the journals of Lewis and Clark themselves. The map and plates show the tracks of the expedition, the ancient fortification and the Great Falls of the Missouri River, the Great and Lower Falls, as well as the Mouth of Colombia River. The account was only published eight years after the expedition. Lewis had intended to edit his journals for publication as soon as possible, but his other duties as well as his untimely death in 1809 prevented this. Clark then asked for help and the journals were edited by Nicholas Biddle and Paul Allen. The work was finally printed in an edition of 2000 copies in Philadelphia in 1814, but after deduction of defective and missing copies, only 1417 went on sale. Many of them lacked the map, as it was more expensive to include it. The work was initially not very successful, as interest in the expedition had already waned. Lewis and Clark were even mostly forgotten later in the 19th century. This changed when their journals were rediscovered and published in 1901. Their work was then more thoroughly researched and has since been recognised as the most important exploration of the North American continent.The edges and corners of the boards are somewhat scuffed, the joints are slightly weakened. Foxed throughout as usual, the folding map has been reinforced with Japanese paper on the verso, wich has also restored a diagonal tear, a small triangular loss at the top of the map has been resotred in facsimile, the first quire of volume 1 has been restored in the gutter, a small loss at the head of the title page in volume two has been restored, small tears in the margins of a few other leaves throughout have also been restored. Otherwise in good condition.l Church 1309; Hill 1017; Howes L317; Grolier, One hundred influential American books, 30; Printing and the Mind of Man 272; Sabin 855 and 40828; Streeter, Americana Beginnings 52; Streeter Sale, 1777; cf. Thorp, D., An American journey: Lewis & Clark. Modern gold-tooled half calf over cloth-covered boards, faux raised bands to spine, with a red morocco title-label lettered in gold on either spine, further with the volume numbers and place and date of publication lettered in gold on the spine. With a large folding engraved map, and 5 full-page engraved charts. Pages: XXVIII, 470, [2 blank]; IX, [1], 522 pp.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri Thence across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, Performed During the Years 1804-5-6 [with map:] Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean
- Author
- LEWIS, Merriwether and William CLARK.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia,
- Publication year
- 1814
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Dimensions
- 8vo.
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