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ROGERS, Robert (1731-1795). A Concise Account of North America: containing a Description of the several British Colonies on that Continent, including the Islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c.... also of the interior or westerly parts... London: J. Millan, 1765.
8o (185 x 120 mm). (Some light browning and staining.) 20th-century blue half morocco and marbled boards.
FIRST EDITION. "Based largely on personal knowledge, this was the first geographical account of the American interior after England had wrested it from France, and, aside from those by Pittman and Hutchins, the most accurate of the period" (Howes). Major Rogers was sent to receive the capitulation of Western French posts in 1760; en route he met Pontiac, the Ottowa chief, and received his submission to English supremacy. Rogers was also present at the siege of Detroit by Pontiac 1763. Howes R-418; Sabin 72723.
8o (185 x 120 mm). (Some light browning and staining.) 20th-century blue half morocco and marbled boards.
FIRST EDITION. "Based largely on personal knowledge, this was the first geographical account of the American interior after England had wrested it from France, and, aside from those by Pittman and Hutchins, the most accurate of the period" (Howes). Major Rogers was sent to receive the capitulation of Western French posts in 1760; en route he met Pontiac, the Ottowa chief, and received his submission to English supremacy. Rogers was also present at the siege of Detroit by Pontiac 1763. Howes R-418; Sabin 72723.