Historical View Of The Progress Of Discovery On The More Northern Coasts Of America, From The Earliest Period To The Present Time With Descriptive Sketches Of The Natural History Of The North American Regions. To Which Is Added An Appendix, Containing Remarks On A Late Memoir Of Seabastian Cabot, With A Vindication Of Richard Hakluyt Tytler, Patrick; Wilson, James Exploration & Travel

12mo. [1], [2] pages advertisements, 444 pages. Fold-out map and 9 illustrations. Ex-library (Long Island Historical Society) stamp and 4 numbers on title page. Restored. Original publisher cloth covered boards. Majority of the original spine rebacked onto newer brown cloth. Hinges repaired. Map is split into 2 sections and is loose. Third section split. Some page edges in the front and rear have small edge tears and chips. James Wilson is author of the secondary title, "Descriptive Sketches of the Natural History of the North American Regions. The appendix in the rear contains, "Remarks on a Late Memoir of Sebastian Cabot, With a Vindication of Richard Hakluyt"