TRAVELS ON THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE MEXICAN CORDILLERA, IN THE FORM OF FIFTY-ONE LETTERS.By Cincinnatus
[Wheat, Marvin T.]
Published by Whitton, Towne & Co., San Francisco, 1857
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438pp. plus illustrations. Original publisher's cloth. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed. Lacking front fly leaf. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor foxing. Very good. These letters relate several journeys through Arizona and the Southwest, and include information about a potential railroad route, copper mining, the banishment of Barron and Forbes and the Tepic Conspiracy, and the American Filibustering Expedition. There is also much material on local customs, politics, labor, and the natural history of the region. "This book contains notes on a trip by H.W. Washburn, United States Deputy Surveyor, from Fort Yuma up the Gila River to Tucson and also comments on the Gadsden Purchase and the likelihood of a railroad by the southern route" - Wagner-Camp. The illustrations show the city and harbor of Mazatlan, San Blas, Acapulco, La Ventosa, and Minatitlan. WAGNER-CAMP 294b. GRAFF 4618. MUNK (ALLIOT), p.50. HOWES W313, "aa." GREENWOOD 896. EBERSTADT 103:13. DECKER 31:291. Seller Inventory # WRCAM43675A
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Title: TRAVELS ON THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE MEXICAN ...
Publisher: Whitton, Towne & Co., San Francisco
Publication Date: 1857
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