Townsend's Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
Summary
"Reprint of pp. 1-186, 217-274, of original edition: Philadelphia, 1839. 'A visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c., with a scientific appendix,' also contained in this edition, is here omitted as irrelevant to the scope of the present series."--p. [107].
Includes facsimile of t.-p. of 1839 Philadelphia edition with title: Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c.; with a scientific appendix.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Tags
west us
description and travel
overland journeys to the pacific
rocky mountains
columbia river
history
to 1848
oregon
natural history
northwest pacific
american notes travels in america 1750 1920
reuben gold thwaites
john kirk townsend
townsend narrative
Date
01/01/1905
Location
columbia river
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain