EN CANOT DE PAPIER DE QUEBEC AU GOLFE DU MEXIQUE 2,500 MILLES A L'AVIRON.
Bishop, Nathaniel H.:
Paris. 1879. xxv,[3],316pp. plus plates (some double-page) and folding maps. Half title. Frontis. Half morocco and marbled boards. Frontispiece nearly detached, some scattered foxing, else very good. The second edition, and the first edition in French. Bishop, a noted naturalist, left Quebec in July 1874 in a 14-foot boat, bought a paper canoe in Troy, New York, and undertook the 2500-mile journey alone, making many stops along the way. "One of the best of travel books" - Clark. CLARK NEW SOUTH I:23 (ref).
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