The discovery of the Oregon Trail : Robert Stuart's narratives of his overland trip eastward from Astoria in 1812-13. From the original manuscripts in the collection of William Robertson Coe esq. To which is added: an account of the "Tonquin's" voyage and of events at Fort Astoria (1811-12) and Wilson Price Hunt's diary of his overland trip westward to Astoria in 1811-12. Translated from "Nouvelles annales des voyages," Paris, 1821 / edited by Philip Ashton Rollins.
Robert Stuart (1785-1848)
Category
Books
Date
1935
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3100932
Summary
Bibliographic description
cxxxvii, [1], 391, [3] p., [6] leaves of plates : facsims., maps, ports. ; 26 cm. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "To Lord Fairhaven / with the compliments of / WR Coe / October 10th 1935" [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966), presumably from his uncle, William Robertson Coe (1869-1955)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's burgundy cloth; black title panel on spine, gilt lettered; gilt top edge.
Makers and roles
Robert Stuart (1785-1848), author Hunt, Wilson Price, author Philip Ashton Rollins (1869-1950), editor