Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor: With an Account of the Lead and
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FEATHERSTONHAUGH, G[eorge] W. A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor: With an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners; &c. &c. London: Richard Bentley, 1847. 1st ed. Two vols. Illus. frontis. folding maps. xiv, 416; vii (1), 351pp. 2 tinted lithographed plates. 2 folding maps. A very good set in orig. cloth. Howes F-67. The first volume and part of the second describe the author's extended exploration of the northwest tributaries of the Mississippi and the Wisconsin territory in 1835. In 1837, he began another journey at Galena, Illinois, and moved on through Missouri, Tennessee, and Carolina, and this journey is recounted in the remainder of Volume II. Featherstonehaugh was particularly interested in mineral deposits and mining and the geological features of the countryside, but he also comments on the American economy and includes anecdotes about the people he met in his travels. A rich and well-written account.
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