Before Lewis and Clark : Documents Illustrating the History of the Missouri 1785-1804 [TWO VOLUMES]
St. Louis: St. Louis Historical Documents Foundation, 1952. Five black and white, fold-out maps bound in v. 1. First edition, first printing. Publisher's full green cloth, stamped in gilt, in dust jackets. Gently pressed spine heads, uneven toning to v. 1 text block edges, still near fine, in very good plus dust jackets with lightly sunned spines, light wear and chipping to top edges, several short closed tears to bottom edge v. 1, in mylar covers. Item #241724
COLONIAL SPAIN IN THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY
As the leading expert in colonial Spain's movements on the Missouri River, A. P. Nasatir used his extensive personal library of primary documents to fill the publishing gap of the pre-Louisiana Purchase Missouri River Valley, establishing that the Spanish had a long history of searching for a route to the Pacific that predated Lewis and Clark. Before Lewis and Clark focuses on Native American trade with colonial forces and features his own translations, as well as five fold-out maps, two of which are published here for the first time.
Price: $250.00