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Journals of Jonathan Carver (Paperback, First)
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Journals of Jonathan Carver (Paperback, First)
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Jonathan Carver's Travels through the Interior Parts of North
America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 became a bestseller in
London in the 1780s, and arguments over its author's accuracy and
honesty have raged ever since. This book published for the first
time the well-known explorer's original account of his expedition.
Editor John Parker compares and interweaves the four manuscript
versions of Carver's journals discovered in the twentieth century
in the British Museum to form the text of this book. Also included
are the hitherto unpublished journal of veteran fur trader James
Stanley Goddard, who accompanied Carver; related correspondence; a
Dakota dictionary; commissions and other records; and a
bibliography of major editions of the Travels. In this volume John
Parker explains the alleged plagiarism, examines Carver's early
life, and offers new information on the land swindle in the Midwest
known as the "Carver grant." Editor John Parker was curator of the
James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota, a
collection specializing in early travel and exploration.
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