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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. London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. First English edition, large quarto, illustrated with folding frontispiece map (reinforced on verso) and a full-page engraved map of the Mississippi River, with the half-title, later half morocco, rebacked, 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Estimate $600-800
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