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LEADER: 01558cam 2200265 a 4500
001 02020081
003 DLC
005 20040603102710.0
008 810130s1757 enkb 000 0 eng
010 $a 02020081
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$edcrb
043 $an------
050 00 $aE143$b.B94
100 1 $aBurke, Edmund,$d1729-1797.
245 13 $aAn account of the European settlements in America :$bin six parts ... each part contains an accurate description of the settlements in it, their extent, climate, productions, trade, genius and disposition of their inhabitants, the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements and their political and commercial views with regard to each other : in two volumes.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for R. and J. Dodsley ...,$c1757.
300 $a2 v. :$bmaps ;$c20 cm. (8vo)
500 $aProbably a collaboration of Edmund and William Burke. Cf. ESTC.
510 4 $aESTC$cT6290
510 4 $aNUC pre-1956$cNB 0972076
500 $aVol. 1: [4], 312 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded map); v. 2: 300, [20] p., [1] leaf of plates (folded map).
505 0 $a(from t.p.) I. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world -- II. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants -- III. Of the Spanish settlements -- IV. Of the Portuguese -- V. Of the French, Dutch and Danish -- VI. Of the English.
651 0 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aAmerica$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aBurke, William,$d1730-1798.