CLARKE, Asa B. Travels in Mexico and California... Boston, 1852. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS.
Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 14, 2024
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CLARKE, Asa B. (1817-1882). Travels in Mexico and California: Comprising a Journal of a Tour from Brazos Santiago, through Central Mexico, by way of Monterey, Chihuahua, the country of the Apaches, and the River Gila, to the Mining Districts of California. Boston: Wright & Hasty's Steam Press, 1852.
8vo. ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS.
FIRST EDITION of this account by a member of the Hampden Mining Company of his trip to Los Angeles via Mexico in late 1849. Clarke traveled to the mines of California from Camargo, Mexico through Chihuahua and Sonora to the Gila River in Arizona (then the U.S.-Mexican boundary), arriving at Los Angeles on July 9. Clarke's narrative provides the first description of that route, described by Streeter as "one of the most interesting" overland route narratives, describing a previously unrecorded route. Cowan p.128; Graff 746; Hill p. 54; Howes C-451; Kurutz 138a; Mintz 534; Sabin 13393; Streeter 3169; Wagner-Camp 210; Wheat, Gold Rush 41. A VERY FINE COPY.
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