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Title

  • Townsend's Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River.

Other Title

  • Townsend's Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, 1834
  • Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River

Names

  • Townsend, John Kirk, 1809-1851.
  • Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913.

Created / Published

  • [Cleveland, Ohio : The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1905].

Headings

  • -  West (U.S.)--Description and travel
  • -  Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • -  Rocky Mountains--Description and travel
  • -  Columbia River--Description and travel
  • -  West (U.S.)--History--To 1848
  • -  Oregon--Description and travel
  • -  Natural history--Northwest, Pacific

Notes

  • -  "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.

Medium

  • p. [107]-369 : 2 pl., facsim. ; 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F592 .T54 vol. 21

Source Collection

  • Early western travels, 1748-1846. v. 21, p. 107-369

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 06001820

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Townsend, John Kirk, and Reuben Gold Thwaites. Townsend's Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River. [Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1905] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/06001820/.

APA citation style:

Townsend, J. K. & Thwaites, R. G. (1905) Townsend's Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River. [Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark Company] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/06001820/.

MLA citation style:

Townsend, John Kirk, and Reuben Gold Thwaites. Townsend's Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River. [Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1905] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/06001820/>.