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AN HISTORICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA. With An Appendix, Containing a brief and comprehensive Sketch of The Present State of Mexico and South America, and also of the Native Tribes of the New World

AN HISTORICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA. With An Appendix, Containing a brief and comprehensive Sketch of The Present State of Mexico and South America, and also of the Native Tribes of the New World

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AN HISTORICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA. With An Appendix, Containing a brief and comprehensive Sketch of The Present State of Mexico and South America, and also of the Native Tribes of the New World

by MACKENZIE, Eneas

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Newcastle upon Tyne: MacKenzie and Dent, [1819]. First Edition. Hardcover. Long tear to map with no loss; text and plates generally clean. Backstrip slightly lifted with minor split to front hinge and cover just a tad loose; small gouge to leather on spine. Very Good. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") in 19th-century black calf-backed marbled boards; xv, (1), (9)-712 pages. Illustrated with a large folding engraved map, 2 engraved plans of the City of Washington and the Country round Pittsburg, and 6 engraved views: the Capitol, Falls of Niagara, Natural Bridge, Mount Vernon, an American Stage Waggon,and the Bank of the United States. HOWES M-137. Quite scarce when the large map is present.

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Title
AN HISTORICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA. With An Appendix, Containing a brief and comprehensive Sketch of The Present State of Mexico and South America, and also of the Native Tribes of the New World
Author
MACKENZIE, Eneas
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Long tear to map with no loss; text and plates generally clean. Backstrip slightly lifted with minor split to front hinge and co
Quantity Available
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Edition
First Edition
Publisher
MacKenzie and Dent
Place of Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
Date Published
[1819]
Keywords
Exploration, Canada, Travel, Illustrated Books, Maps, Native Americans, Indians, Americana, Mexico, South America
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Americana; Travel; Maps;

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