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

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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

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First published in 1778 under title: Travels through 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 Chipéway language": p. 172-176.

"A short vocabulary of the Naudowessie language": p. 176-178.

Sabin 11185.

Evans 18391.

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Philadelphia
Other Titles
Michigan history, Indian life, 1800

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Pagination
217 p.
Number of pages
217

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OL62152344M

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OL45644223W

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