Call Number:
F592 .E37 1904a
Early western travels, 1748-1846 : a series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the aborigines and social and economic conditions in the middle and far West ... / edited with notes ...
Cleveland, Ohio : A.H. Clark
Format:
MICROFICHE
Subject Category:
History US, History US West
Collection Dates:
01/01/1748 - 12/31/1846
Location:
UNLV Microforms
Summary:
Some of the classics in this series include: the Journals of Conrad Weiser (1748) and Thomas Morris (1764); Andre Michaux's Travels in Kentucky, (1793-96); Bradbury's Travels in the Interior of America, (1809-1811); Ross's Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, (1810-1813); Faux's Memorable Days in America (1819-20); James' account of S.H. Long's Expedition (1819-20); Pattie's Personal Narratives; Ogden's Letters from the West (1821-23); Maximillian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America (1832-34); Flagg's the Far West (183637); DeSmet's letters and sketches (1841-42); and Palmer's Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-46.
Finding Aids:
Prefatory information on fiche no. 1 describes contents of the set.
