TY - GEN

AU - King, Nicholas

AU - Nau, Anthony

AU - Pike, Zebulon Montgomery

AU - Shallus, Francis

TI - An account of a voyage up the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to its source made under the orders of the War Department, by Lieut. Pike, of the United States Army, in the years 1805 and 1806

PB - s.n

KW - Indians of North America Mississippi River Valley

KW - Mississippi River Description and travel

KW - United States Discovery and exploration

PY - 1807

N2 - "Extract of a letter from N. Boilvin, Indian agent, to the secretary of war, dated St. Louis, October 6th, 1806."--p. 68

N2 - "Map of the Mississippi River from its source to the mouth of the Missouri: laid down from the notes of Lieut't. Z.M. Pike by Anthony Nau. Reduced, and corrected by the astronomical observations of Mr. Thompson at its source; and of Capt'n. M. Lewis, where it receives the waters of the Missouri. By Nich's. King."--folded leaf. Signed: Engraved by Francis Shallus, Philadelphia

N2 - Imprint suggested by Shaw & Shoemaker

N2 - Pike's journal was first published in 1810 under the title: An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi

N2 - Shaw & Shoemaker, 13393

N2 - Told in the third person. This paraphrase of Pike's journal seems to be the work of Nicholas King. The manuscript copy in the Library of Congress, Division of Manuscripts, is in the handwriting of King. Its title ends with the statement, "Compiled from Mr. Pike's journal by Nich. King." The last three words are partly erased

BT - Early American Imprints. Series II : Shaw/Shoemaker 1801-1819

CY - [Washington, D.C]

UR - http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2

ER -