Search Results: the exploration of western america 1800 1850 by ew gilbert

Cambridge University Press, 1933. 1st edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. Good/No Jacket. Spine sl. Dulled; owner's signature on ffep.

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 6 x 8.75 in., pp. xiii + [1] + 1(abbreviations) + [1] + 233. Illustrated with 34 maps and drawings. Foldout frontispiece map of America. Foldout maps opposite pages 40, 64. Three foldout end maps. Green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Four fingerprint-sized white stains on top and bottom of back cover. Frontispiece map (13 x 6 in.) is "North America" (map by Cary, 1806). Interior foldout maps display Western America's rainfall averages (5.75 x 6.75 in.) and Western America's drainage basins (6 x 5.5 in.). Endpaper maps show Northern and Southern Trancontinental Routes (13 x 10 in.), Central Transcontinental Routes (15 x 8 in.), and Interior Basin and Routes Across the Sierra Navada (14 x 8 in.).