‎CARVER [Jonhatan]:‎
‎Les aventures de Carver chez les sauvages de l'Amérique Septentrionale.‎

‎Tours, Mame, 1852. In-12 de [6]-236 pages, pleine percaline aubergine avec décor doré, mention dorée "Pension Ferd-Rousseau, Joinville le Pont" au premier plat, tranches dorées. ‎

Reference : 15590

‎Illustré d'un titre gravé et illustré d'une vignette et d'un frontispice. "Carver's book, Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768, was an immediate success when first published in 1778. A second edition was published in Dublin followed the next year; over thirty editions and versions have been published since in several languages. The publication of this book was a significant event in the history of the exploration of the American West: Carver was the first English-speaking explorer to venture west of the upper Mississippi River. He anticipated the idea of a continental divide. He was the first to mention a large mountain range to the west (presumably the Rocky Mountains) that blocks the westward passage and serves as a continental divide. The name 'Oregon' appears in print in his book for the first time, both in the text, and on one of the maps. Carver penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the American Revolution. He stimulated curiosity concerning routes to the Pacific, with questions later satisfied by Alexander Mackenzie and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The book became immensely popular but the profits did not come soon enough for Carver. He died in poverty on January 31, 1780, in London. " wiki. Dos un peu passé mais intérieur très frais. ‎