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Title: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed by Order of the Government of the United States, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806 Author: Lewis, Meriwether & William Clark Place: London Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Date: 1814 Description: xxiv, 663, [1 ad] pp. With a large folding copper-engraved map & 5 copper-engraved charts/plans on 3 sheets. (4to) 27.5x21.5 cm (11x8½"), period full calf, gilt borders, rebacked with original spine leather laid down. First English Edition. First English edition of the official account of the most famous and most important expedition of exploration in U.S. history, a monumental undertaking executed with unbelievable skill and bravery. Derived from the journals of Lewis and Clark and other members of the expedition, the work is a rich mine of new information about a previously unexplored region. The folding map, "A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track Across the Western Portion of North America, from the Mississippi to the Pacific, by Order of the Executive of the United States in 1804, 5 & 6," Wheat, Transmississippi 317, is a close copy of the map in the American first edition of 1814. Field 929; Graff 2480; Howes L317; Streeter 3128; Wagner-Camp 13:2. Armorial bookplate of Beeston Long (1757-1820), West India merchant and former Governor of the Bank of England. Lot Amendments Condition: Original spine leather chipped, some wear to board edges, hinges repaired; small old repair on reverse of map at intersection of folds; light foxing; very good. Item number: 251919