TRAVELS THROUGH THE STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, AND THE PROVINCES OF UPPER CANADA DURING THE YEARS 1795, 1796 AND 1797. Illustrated And Embellished With Sixteen Plates.
de Weld, Isaac
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Printed for John Stockdale, London: ., 1799 pp. xxiv, 464, 8 (Publisher's ads). PLUS a large folding map (colored in outline) of the 'Northern States' (including the Carolinas), 2 plans, 2 maps and 11 full-page engraved view plate views. 4to. 270 mm. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Lande 890. Dionne 909. Sabin 102541. Vlach 754. Story p. 103. Gagnon 1-3701. One of the most popular North American travel narratives. Weld, an Irishman, came to America with the hope of finding more cheerful prospects than those offered by war-torn Europe, but after two years he left "without a sigh, and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit it". Story notes that "his account of Canada, (letters 21-25) is a clear and. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.
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- TRAVELS THROUGH THE STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, AND THE PROVINCES OF UPPER CANADA DURING THE YEARS 1795, 1796 AND 1797. Illustrated And Embellished With Sixteen Plates.
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- Weld, Isaac
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- 1st Edition.
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- 1799
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- CANADA TRAVEL EXPLORATION ENGRAVINGS MAPS LAKE ERIE NIAGARA FALLS QUEBEC THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIVE AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION
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