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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Western Pilot: Containing Charts Of The Ohio River And Of The Mississippi, From The Mouth Of The Missouri To The Gulf Of Mexico; Accompanied With

The Western Pilot: Containing Charts Of The Ohio River And Of The Mississippi, From The Mouth Of The Missouri To The Gulf Of Mexico; Accompanied With

Cumings, Samuel

Paperback

AtlasesTravel WritingGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354506402
ISBN13: 9789354506406
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before railways stitched the nation together, the river did. Rivers were the first highways. Samuel Cumings The Western Pilot is a bold, practical river navigation guidebook for the Ohio and Mississippi system, charting the route from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico with clear guidance for travellers and pilots alike. Part historical river atlas, part working manual, it brings together mississippi river charts, ohio river navigation notes, and the grounded detail of a frontier gazetteer directory: towns on the banks, tributary streams, landmarks, and a river town distance table that turns a vast waterway into a knowable journey. Read it for its immediacy: a steamboat pilot reference born from the demands of current, sandbar, and shifting channel; a river traveller handbook that captures the lived geography of early American waterways and the mississippi valley frontier at the moment it was becoming a corridor of trade, migration, and news. Collect it for its documentary power: a historic map facsimile in spirit and purpose, and a public domain reprint that preserves the working knowledge of an era when navigation meant survival and opportunity. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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