Eight volumes, ' Narrative and Critical History of America ' by Justin Winsor, complete, published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Boston at the Riverside Press 1889

In addition to the set in volume, I is a handwritten letter dated July 7th, 1893, signed Edward Channing, an American historian, and author of a monumental "History of the United States."

This first edition set of eight volumes of an important history of America is illustrated throughout with maps and old engravings.

An essential reference work for the exploration and mapping of America. In all eight volumes.
Volume 1: Aboriginal America [1889].
Volume II: Spanish Explorations and Settlements in America from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century [1886].
Volume III: English Explorations and Settlements in North America 1497-1689 [1884];
Volume IV: French Explorations and Settlements In North America and those of the Portuguese, Dutch, and Swedes 1500-1700 [1884].
Volume V: The English and French in North America 1689-1763 [1887].
Volume VI: The United States of North America Part I [1887].
Volume VII: The United States of North America, Part II [1888].
Volume VIII: The Later History of British, Spanish, and Portuguese America [1889].
Each volume indexed separately, general index in Volume VIII. The Hudson Bay Company, Arctic exploration, Canada, Spanish North America, Colonial history of South America.

Justin Winsor (1831–1897) was a writer and prominent librarian at the Boston Public Library and later at Harvard University, where he professionalized library management and became one of the US's first academic librarians. He was also a founding member of both the ALA and the AHA and edited numerous volumes on American History.

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