Three years travels through the interior parts of North-America
for more than five thousand miles; containing an account of the Great Lakes; and all the lakes, islands, and rivers, cataracts, mountains, minerals, soil and vegetable productions of the north-west regions of that vast continent; with a description of the birds, beasts, reptiles, insects, and fishes peculiar to the country. Together with a concise history of the genius, manners, and customs of the Indians inhabiting the lands that lie adjacent to the heads, and to the westward of the great river Mississippi; and an appendix, describing the uncultivated parts of America that are the most proper for forming settlements
by Jonathan Carver
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First published in London, 1778 under title: Travels the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768.
Also attributed tentatively to John Coakley Lettsom, known to be involved with the work at least in the category of editor. Cf. Bourne, E.G. "The travels of Jonathan Carver," Amer. hist. review, v. 11, no. 2 (Jan. 1906), p. 287-302.
"A short vocabulary of the Chipeway [Ojibwa] language:" p. 298-307.
"A short vocabulary of the Naudowessie [Dakota] language": p. 308-312.
Signatures: [A]² B-3B
Sabin 11185.
ESTC T175338
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: John Mackinley: bookplate.
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary calf.
John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting list of subscribers, p. 1-4, 3rd count.
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