Elliott Coues - The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike - 1895

Title

The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike to headwaters of the Mississippi River, through Louisiana Territory and in New Spain during the years 1805-6-7

Author

Elliott Coues

Year

1895

Publisher

Francis C. Harper, New York

Description

Limited to 150 copies printed on handmade paper, this is number 67. Includes a preface and Elliott Coues’ extensive Memoir of Zebulon Montgomery Pike. This is widely regarded - by Wright Howes and other historians - as the definitive edition. Pike led the first U.S. government exploration of the Southwest, following the Mississippi headwaters and crossing the plains of Nebraska and Kansas. Near present-day Larned, Kansas, he sent part of his party down the Arkansas River while he advanced into Colorado, discovering Pike’s Peak, Royal Gorge, South Park, and several passes. Crossing the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the upper Rio Grande, Pike and his men were captured by Mexican forces, later released, and returned to Louisiana in July 1807. Coues’ edition includes extensive annotations, commentary, maps, and a complete index, arranged in a consistent, authoritative format.

Vol 1: [10], cxii, 1-356 pp.

Vol 2: vi, 357-855 pp.

Vol 3: [7], 856-955 pp., six folding maps housed in rear pocket.

Condition

Spotting to covers and chipping to paper boards. Clean pages.