History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri
Subtitle: 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
By: prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esquire
Contributors: Clark, William, 1770-1838; Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844; Allen, Paul, 1775-1826; Maxwell, James; Inskeep, Abraham H.; Bradford, Samuel F. (Samuel Fisher), 1776-1837; Inskeep, John, -1820; Bradford and Inskeep; Cartography Associates; David Rumsey Collection
Series: David Rumsey Collection digital maps
Publisher: Bradford and Inskeep; Abm. H. Inskeep
Published: 1814
Place of publication: Philadelphia; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Travel; Description and travel; History; Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Other titles: Expedition to the Missouri
Notes: 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; Appleton, Cycl. Amer. biogr.

Matches Streeter Americana, no. 1777 except for binding and also lacks expanded imprint.

The appendix contains: (1) 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. (2) A summary statement of the rivers, creeks and most remarkable places, their distances from each other, &c., their distances from the Mississippi, ascending the Missouri, across the Rocky mountains, and down the Columbia to the Pacific ocean, as was explored in the years 1804, 5 and 6 by Captains Lewis and Clarke. (3) Estimate of the western Indians. (4) Thermometrical observations, showing also the rise and fall of the Mississippi (Missouri) ; appearances of weather, winds, &c. (5) Remarks and reflections [January 1, 1804, to August 22, 1806].

Scanned raster images of original: 2 v. : ill., maps (some fold.) ; 22 cm.

Original in the David Rumsey Collection; scanned by Cartography Associates.

Sabin, 40828

Howes, W.U.S.iana (2nd ed.), 317

Smith, C.W. Pacific Northwest (3rd ed.), 5894