Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America 1766, 1767, and 1768

Jonathan Carver

London: Printed for the Author; and sold by Walter... and S. Crowder, 1778

[An Important Early Exploration of the North American Interior by and Englishman]  Octavo, 24 cm.  Bound in later 3/4 leather over marbled boards by Lloyd.  Spine profusely gilt.  [10] leaves, 543, [1] pages 4 plates, one folded map (backed in linen, lacking "A New Map of North America").  Includes vocabularies of the Chippewa ("Chipeway") and Naudowessie languages: p. 420-440. [Dakota, Ojibwa]. Carver traveled farther west than any Englishman before the Revolution, exploring the headwaters of the Mississippi and passing over the Great Lakes.  Refs: Greenly Michigan p 49; Howes C215, Jones 563; Lande 108; Pilling Algonquian p 68; Sabin 11184, Streeter sale 1772; Vail 654.