{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "A series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel: descriptive of the Indians and social and economic conditions in the middle and far West, during the period of early American settlement, Edited with notes, introduction, index, etc. The 32 volumes of reprints include 2 volumes of indexes. Some of the reprints are offered separately on this website, and a number of them cover travel in the far west. Reprints in the collection that may be of interest are:\r\n\r\n-Journals of Conrad Weiser, George Croghan, Christian Frederick Post and Thomas Morris.\r\n-Francois Andre Michaux\u2019s Travels west of the Alleghany Mountains, 1802.\r\n-Cuming\u2019s Tour to the Western Country 1807-1809.\r\n-Bradbury\u2019s Travels in the Interior of America, 1809-1811.\r\n-Evan\u2019s Pedestrious Tour of Four Thousand Miles, 1818.\r\n-Hulme\u2019s Journal of a Tour in the Western Countries of America, 1818-1819.\r\n-Wood\u2019s Two years\u2019 Residence in the English Prairie, 1820-1822.\r\n-Faux\u2019s Memorable Days in America, 1819-1820.\r\n-Welby\u2019s Visit to North America, 1819-1820.\r\n-Bullock\u2019s Journey from New Orleans to New York, 1827."}, "links": [{"url": "http://www.envisionthepast.com/great-lakes-explorers-travelers/", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}, "title": "Great Lakes Explorers & Travelers"}], "title": "Early Western Travels, 1748-1846", "covers": [5608825, 6493200, 5865591, 8062542, 10914050, 11287437, 14949803, 14949801, 14949799, 14949805, 14949807], "subject_places": ["Mississippi River Valley", "West (U.S.)", "western United States", "Columbia River", "Oregon", "Canada", "Am\u00e9rique du Nord", "Vall\u00e9e du Mississippi", "\u00c9tats-Unis (Ouest)", "West United States"], "first_publish_date": "1904", "key": "/works/OL1619187W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL177543A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL1234513A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL31189A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL3012742A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL2497011A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL12771365A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL12771387A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL12771388A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL12771392A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL2572097A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL11483137A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL11483150A"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Description and travel", "United states, history", "Early works to 1800", "exploration and travel", "Descriptions et voyages", "Overland journeys to the Pacific", "Social life and customs", "Fourrures", "Indians of North America", "Moeurs et coutumes", "Fur trade", "Indiens", "Languages", "R\u00e9cits personnels", "Commerce", "Personal narratives", "Langues", "Travel"], "lc_classifications": ["F592 .T494 1904"], "subject_times": ["1761-1867", "1764-1867"], "latest_revision": 13, "revision": 13, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-09T21:59:47.946588"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-05-20T23:17:10.157162"}}