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A Concise Account of North America
Robert Rogers, 1765
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A Concise Account of North America
Robert Rogers, 1765
ROGERS, Robert (1731-1795). A Concise Account of North America containing a Description of the Several British Colonies on that Continent ... also of the Interior, or Westerly parts of the Country, Upon the Rivers St. Laurence, the Mississippi, Christino, and the Great Lakes. London: printed for the Author and sold by J. Millan, 1765.
First edition of this companion volume to Roger's journals. "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 in 1763. Clark Old South I:301; Greenly Michigan; Howes R-418; Lande 761; Sabin 72723; Streeter sale 1028; Vail 562.
Octavo (202 x 108mm). (Edge-chipping to several leaves at beginning and end.) Modern calf, red morocco spine label. Provenance: New York Historical Society (instamp to title) – Ernest E. Keet (bookplate).
Robert Rogers, 1765
ROGERS, Robert (1731-1795). A Concise Account of North America containing a Description of the Several British Colonies on that Continent ... also of the Interior, or Westerly parts of the Country, Upon the Rivers St. Laurence, the Mississippi, Christino, and the Great Lakes. London: printed for the Author and sold by J. Millan, 1765.
First edition of this companion volume to Roger's journals. "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 in 1763. Clark Old South I:301; Greenly Michigan; Howes R-418; Lande 761; Sabin 72723; Streeter sale 1028; Vail 562.
Octavo (202 x 108mm). (Edge-chipping to several leaves at beginning and end.) Modern calf, red morocco spine label. Provenance: New York Historical Society (instamp to title) – Ernest E. Keet (bookplate).
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Peter Klarnet
Senior Specialist, Americana