Travels Through the Western Country in the Summer of 1816: Including Notices of the Natural History, Antiquities, Topography, Agriculture, Commerce an

Publisher Marketing: Title: Travels through the western country in the summer of 1816: including notices of the natural history, antiquities, topography, agriculture, commerce and manufactures: with a map of the Wabash country, now settling. Author: David ThomasPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03420700CollectionID: CTRG00-B1608PublicationDate: 18190101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 320 p., [1] leaf of plates: fold. map; 18 cm Contributor Bio:  Thomas, David David M. Thomas is the retired Vice-President Academic ofDavid M. Thomas is the retired Vice-President Academic of Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, BC. Educated in the Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, BC. Educated in the United Kingdom, France, and Canada, he has held a number of United Kingdom, France, and Canada, he has held a number of senior academic administrative appointments in addition to senior academic administrative appointments in addition to teaching. He has a PhD in political science from the Universteaching. He has a PhD in political science from the University of Calgary; is author of "Whistling Past the Graveyard: ity of Calgary; is author of "Whistling Past the Graveyard: Constitutional Abeyances, Quebec, and the Future of Canada"; Constitutional Abeyances, Quebec, and the Future of Canada"; was a co-editor of "Braving the New World: Readings in Cont was a co-editor of "Braving the New World: Readings in Contemporary Politics"; and is the editor of the first two editiemporary Politics"; and is the editor of the first two editions of "Canada and the United States: Differences that Countons of "Canada and the United States: Differences that Count." ."