Title: Compilation of Narratives of Explorations in Alaska Author: Place: Washington Publisher: Government Printing Office Date: 1900 Description: vii, [1], 3-856 pp. With 27 folding maps; plates from photographs & engravings; cuts in the text. (4to) 28.8x22.8 cm (11¼x9"), original cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Senate, 56th Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 1023. Important gathering of accounts by Frederick Schwatka, Ivan Petrof, Henry Allen, W.R. Abercrombie, H.G. Learned, Charles P. Raymond and many others, giving a rare view of the evolution of our knowledge of the territory. One of plates is a copy of a native map. Warren Heckrotte notes that "Henry Allen in his report of the reconnaissance of Copper River and Tanana River valleys states that the Indians drew a number of maps. The one he reproduces is opposite page 437 which shows the route to Cook Inlet via Suchitno river." Provenance: E. Harrington, 4/01 References: Howes, A-101. Lot Amendments Condition: Light shelf wear, neat repair to front hinge, card pocket affixed to rear pastedown; very good or better, text, plates and maps clean. Item number: 271891
Title: Compilation of Narratives of Explorations in Alaska Author: Place: Washington Publisher: Government Printing Office Date: 1900 Description: vii, [1], 3-856 pp. With 27 folding maps; plates from photographs & engravings; cuts in the text. (4to) 28.8x22.8 cm (11¼x9"), original cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Senate, 56th Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 1023. Important gathering of accounts by Frederick Schwatka, Ivan Petrof, Henry Allen, W.R. Abercrombie, H.G. Learned, Charles P. Raymond and many others, giving a rare view of the evolution of our knowledge of the territory. One of plates is a copy of a native map. Warren Heckrotte notes that "Henry Allen in his report of the reconnaissance of Copper River and Tanana River valleys states that the Indians drew a number of maps. The one he reproduces is opposite page 437 which shows the route to Cook Inlet via Suchitno river." Provenance: E. Harrington, 4/01 References: Howes, A-101. Lot Amendments Condition: Light shelf wear, neat repair to front hinge, card pocket affixed to rear pastedown; very good or better, text, plates and maps clean. Item number: 271891
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