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 : by order of the Government of the United States / prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esquire ; in two volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.

Contributor:

Clark, William, 1770-1838.

Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844.

Allen, Paul, 1775-1826.

Standardized Title:

History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.

Lewis, Meriwether.

Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806).

Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Explorers--United States.

Explorers.

United States.

West (U.S.)--Description and travel.

West (U.S.).

Missouri River.

Missouri River Region.

Columbia River.

United States--Discovery and exploration.

Discoveries in geography.

Genre:

Publishers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- 19th century.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : maps ; 23 cm

Manufacture:

[Philadelphia] : J. Maxwell.

Other Title:

Lewis and Clarke's expedition up the Missouri.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Published by Bradford and Inskeep ; New York : Abm. H. Inskeep, 1814.

Notes:

"J. Maxwell, Printer" preceding the date of printing.

This, the first authentic history of the expedition, was written by Nicholas Biddle, and edited by Paul Allen. Cf. E. Coues, Hist. of the expedition, 1893; Appelton, Cycl. Amer. biogr.

Pagination, v. 1: xxviii, 470 p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: ix, [1], 522 p., [3] leaves of plates.

Caption and running title: Lewis and Clarke's expedition up the Missouri.

Appendix contains: Observations and reflections on the present and future state of upper Louisiana, in relation to the government of the Indian nations ... and the trade and intercourse with the same / by Captain Lewis -- A summary statement of the rivers, creeks and most remarkable places, their distances from each other, &c., their distances from the Mississipi, ascending the Missouri, across the Rocky mountains, and down the Columbia to the Pacific ocean, as was explored ... by Captains Lewis and Clarke -- Estimate of the western Indians -- Thermometrical observations, showing also the rise and fall of the Mississippi (Missouri); appearances of weather, winds, &c. -- Remarks and reflections [January 1, 1804, to August 22, 1806]

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker 31924

Sabin 40828

Church, E.D. Discovery, 928

Field, T.W. Indian bib., 928

OCLC:

1652017