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PARKER, Samuel (1779-1866). Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains, under the Direction of the A.B.C.F.M. Performed in the Years 1835, '36, and '37; Containing a Description of the Geography, Geology, Climate, and Productions; and the Number, Manners, and Customs of the Natives. With a Map of Oregon Territory. Ithaca, N.Y.: Published by the Author [printed by Mack, Andrus & Woodruff], 1838.
8o (189 x 120 mm). Folding map and plate of Basaltic formations on the Columbia River (some spotting). Original brown cloth (rebacked preserving original spine, label rubbed); tan cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION. "Parker went out to the Rockies in 1835 with the annual American Fur Company party, starting from Council Bluffs. Dr. Marcus Whitman traveled with him as far as the rendezvous on the Green River. Parker arrived at Walla Walla on October 6 and returned by way of the Hawaiian Islands in 1837...Parker's map was one of the earliest to circulate widely and to provide reliable information about the interior of Oregon Territory" (Wagner-Camp-Becker 70:1). Graff 3192; Howes P-89; Pilling 2904; Rader 2600; Sabin 58729; Smith 7893; Streeter IV:2093; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 2: p. 161, map 434.
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FIRST EDITION. "Parker went out to the Rockies in 1835 with the annual American Fur Company party, starting from Council Bluffs. Dr. Marcus Whitman traveled with him as far as the rendezvous on the Green River. Parker arrived at Walla Walla on October 6 and returned by way of the Hawaiian Islands in 1837...Parker's map was one of the earliest to circulate widely and to provide reliable information about the interior of Oregon Territory" (Wagner-Camp-Becker 70:1). Graff 3192; Howes P-89; Pilling 2904; Rader 2600; Sabin 58729; Smith 7893; Streeter IV:2093; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 2: p. 161, map 434.