JOURNAL OF AN EXPLORING TOUR BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE A.B.C.F.M. IN THE YEARS 1835, '36, AND '37; CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, CLIMATE, PRODUCTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, AND THE NUMBERS, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES: WITH A MAP OF THE OREGON TERRITORY

Published by Mack, Andrus, and Woodruff, Ithaca, NY, 1842

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WITH MAP OF OREGON TERRITORY. Octavo, 7.9 in. x 5 in., pp. 498. Brown cloth boards with elaborate frame stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title and bandlines in blind to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Corners nudged and showing. Previous owner's name in pencil, dated 1843, to front free endpaper. Spotting to endpapers and to title page. Text block bright and supple with very occasional light spotting. With folding "Map of Oregon Territory" (1838) by Samuel Parker. 34.5 x 57 cm. Between 1840 and 1846, Parker's book appeared in four more American editions and three other editions published in Dublin, Dresden, and Edinburgh. (Wagner-Camp 70:3). Includes a 14-page appendix featuring a "Vocabulary of Indian Languages" consisting of Nez Perce, Klicitat; Callipooa (Kalipuya); Chenook (as spoke about Fort Vancouver) Samuel Parker (1779-1866) was an American missionary in the Pacific Northwest, He was the first Presbyterian minister in the region. He scouted locations for potential missions with Marcus Whitman among the Liksiyu and Niimíipu nations in 1835.…

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JOURNAL OF AN EXPLORING TOUR BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE A.B.C.F.M. IN THE YEARS 1835, '36, AND '37; CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, CLIMATE, PRODUCTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, AND THE NUMBERS, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES: WITH A MAP OF THE OREGON TERRITORY
Author
Parker, (Rev.) Samuel
Publisher
Mack, Andrus, and Woodruff, Ithaca, NY
Publication year
1842
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Third Edition.
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