Early western travels, 1748-1846
Subtitle: a series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigenes and social and economic conditions in the Middle and Far West, during the period of early American settlement
By: edited with notes, introductions, index, etc., by Reuben Gold Thwaites
Contributors: Arthur H. Clark Company
Publisher: A.H. Clark Co.
Published: 1904
Place of publication: Cleveland, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Description and travel; Descriptions et voyages; Travel
Other titles: Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains.; Travels in the interior of America.; Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader.; Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains.; Early western travels.; Travels in the interior of North America.; Travels west of the Alleghanies.; Sketches of a tour to the western country.; Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, 1810-1813, by Alexander Ross.; Letters from America, containing observations on the climate and agriculture of the western states, the manners of the people, the prospects of emigrants, &c., &c., by James Flint.; Journal of travels into the Arkansa territory.; Travels in the Far West, 1836-1841.; Travels in the far northwest, 1839-1846.
Notes: Title from volume 1.

The plates of the atlas are from sketches made by Karl Bodmer (81 plates, 1 folded col. map ; 53 cm.).

Prospectus prepared by the Arthur H. Clark Company.

"With facsimiles of the original title pages, maps, portraits, views, etc. 32 volumes, large 8vo, cloth, uncut, gilt tops. Price $4.00 net per volume (except the Maxmilien Atlas, which is $15.00 net). The edition is limited to 750 complete sets, each numbered and signed; but in addition thereto, a limited number of the volumes will be sold separately. An elaborate analytical index to the whole. Almost all of the original are without indexes. In the present reprint series, this immense mass of historical data will be made accessible through two exhaustive analystical index, to occupy the concluding two volumes"--Prospectus.
Table of contents: title: V. 1. Journals of Conrad Weiser (1748), George Croghan (1750-1765), Christian Frederick Post (1758), and Thomas Morris (1764); title: v. 2. Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader; title: v. 3. Travels west of the Alleghanies; title: v. 4. Sketches of a tour to the western country; title: v. 5. Travels in the interior of America; title: v. 6. I. Journal of a voyage. II. Narrative of a voyage; title: v. 7. Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregan or Columbia River, 1810-1813 by Alexander Ross; title: v. 8. I. Voyages, travels, and discoveries of Tilly Buttrick, Jr. (1812-1819). II. A pedestrious tour of four thousand miles, through the western states and territories, during the winter and spring of 1818 by Estwick Evans; title: v. 9. Letters from America; title: v. 10-12. Early western travels; title: v. 13. Journal of travels into the Arkansa territory; title: v. 14-17. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains; title: v. 18. Pattie's personal narratives, 1824-1830, Willard's inland trade with New Mexico, 1825, and downfall of the Fredonian Republic, and Malte-Brun's account of Mexico; title: v. 19-21. Early western travels; title: v. 22-24. Travels in the interior of North America; title: v. 25. Early western travels [Atlas]; title: v. 26-27. Travels in the Far West, 1836-1841; title: v. 28-29. Travels in the far northwest, 1839-1846; title: v. 30. Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains; title: v. 31-32. Analytical index to the series.; title: Of prospectus: Concerning the series; title: Contents of the series; title: A few extracts from reviews.