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The Travels of Capts. Lewis and Clarke, from St. Louis, by Way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, to the Pacific Ocean; Performed in the Years 1804, 1805, & 1806 by Order of the Government of the United States, Containing Delineations of the Manners, Customs, Religion, &c. of the Indians, compiled from Various Authentic Sources, and Original Documents, and a Summary of the Statistical View of the Indian Nations, from the Official Communication of Meriwether Lewis Author: Place: London Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme Date: 1809 Description: ix, [1], 309 pp. Illustrated with folding map. (8vo) 21.7x13.7 cm (8½x5½"), half calf with marbled boards, First English Edition. The first English edition of the "apocryphal" Lewis and Clark, being little more that a compilation and rehashing of Jefferson's Message of 1806, Patrick Gass's Journal published in 1807, and plagiarizations of portions of Jonathan Carver and Alexander Mackenzie Despite its suspect origins, and the massive criticism it has received from scholars (Coues called it a "wretched meretricious compilation"), it is important in that it was for a time a major source of information on the Far West. Field 928; Graff 2379; Howes L321; Sabin 40827; Wagner-Camp 8:2. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear and rubbing to boards and extremities, with some loss; back endpaper renewed, internal foxing and toning; overall very good. Item number: 316253