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1893 Headwaters of The Mississippi by Captain Willard G

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1893 Headwaters of The Mississippi by Captain Willard Glazier

Comprising biographical sketches of early and recent explorers of the great river, and a full account of the discovery and location of its true source in a lake beyond Itasca.

Chicago: Rand McNally and Company, 1893, first edition, very nicely illustrated.

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