The Rocky Mountains, or, Scenes, incidents, and adventures in the Far West : digested from the journal of Captain B.L.E. Bonneville, of the army of the United States, and illustrated from various other sources

Date:

1837.

Author:

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Publisher:

Carey, Lea, & Blanchard

ISBN:

0665388608

Abstract:

Drawing on Bonneville's own journals- Washington Irving chronicles the exploits and adventures of Captain James Bonneville- one of the earliest explorers of the American West- detailing his various journeys with mountain man Joseph Rutherford Walker; ; their discovery of Yosemite, Walker Pass. First American Edition.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : 2 maps ; 21 cm

Notes:

Special Collections' copy is imperfect: wanting volume 1. local

Subjects:

Travel

Genres/Forms:

Maps, History, and Maps. lcgft

Names:

Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, 1796-1878 and Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, 1796-1878

Chronological Terms:

To 1848 fast

Geographic Terms:

West (U.S.) History To 1848, West (U.S.) Description and travel, Northwestern States Description and travel, Rocky Mountains Description and travel, Rocky Mountains, United States Northwestern States, and West United States