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The Resource The history of Carolina; : containing the exact description and natural history of that country: together with the present state thereof. And a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians. Giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c., By John Lawson, gent. surveyor-general of North Carolina

The history of Carolina; : containing the exact description and natural history of that country: together with the present state thereof. And a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians. Giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c., By John Lawson, gent. surveyor-general of North Carolina

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1 online resource ([6], 258, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates
Note
  • First printed in serialized form under title "A new voyage to Carolina" as part of "A new collection of voyages and travels", compiled by John Stevens from 1708-1710, and printed in cumulation in London, 1711 and issued separately in London, 1709
  • "A small dictionary of every tongue ...", p. 225-230, contains numbers, general vocabulary and phrases in the English, Tuskeruro [i.e. Tuscarora, a language in the Iroquois family spoken by a tribe in New York State and Ontario], Pamticough [a language spoken by the Pamlico Indians, who lived in Virginia], and Woccon languages [as spoken by a Siouan tribe near Piedmont, North Carolina]
  • "The second charter granted by King Charles II. to the proprietors of Carolina", p. 239-254, has separate caption title
  • "An abstract of the constitution of Carolina", p. 255-258, has separate caption title
  • Signatures: A (-A4) B-H I2 K-2L (2L4 verso blank)
  • Bookseller's advertisement: p. [1], 3rd count
  • Title printed within double rule border; woodcut initials
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The history of Carolina; : containing the exact description and natural history of that country: together with the present state thereof. And a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians. Giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c.
Title
The history of Carolina;
Title remainder
containing the exact description and natural history of that country: together with the present state thereof. And a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians. Giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c.
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By John Lawson, gent. surveyor-general of North Carolina
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  • engirosio
  • eng
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Uk-ES
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  • 1057n
  • 319
  • I:115
  • 2225
  • 714/74
  • T133242
Citation source
  • Hanson
  • Vail, R.W.G. Old Frontier
  • Clark, T.D. Old South
  • Pilling, J.C. Proof-sheets of a bib. of the languages of the North Amer. Indians
  • Alden, J.E. European Americana
  • ESTC
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1674-1711
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Lawson, John
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  • maps
  • plates
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Literary form
non fiction
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dictionaries
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1694-1768
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  • Collinson, Peter
  • Collinson, Charles Streynsham
  • England and Wales
  • Brown University
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  • Natural history
  • Natural history
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Tuscarora language
  • Woccon language
  • Indian linguistics
  • Indian linguistics
  • Catalogs, Booksellers'
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
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The history of Carolina; : containing the exact description and natural history of that country: together with the present state thereof. And a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians. Giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c., By John Lawson, gent. surveyor-general of North Carolina
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Note
  • First printed in serialized form under title "A new voyage to Carolina" as part of "A new collection of voyages and travels", compiled by John Stevens from 1708-1710, and printed in cumulation in London, 1711 and issued separately in London, 1709
  • "A small dictionary of every tongue ...", p. 225-230, contains numbers, general vocabulary and phrases in the English, Tuskeruro [i.e. Tuscarora, a language in the Iroquois family spoken by a tribe in New York State and Ontario], Pamticough [a language spoken by the Pamlico Indians, who lived in Virginia], and Woccon languages [as spoken by a Siouan tribe near Piedmont, North Carolina]
  • "The second charter granted by King Charles II. to the proprietors of Carolina", p. 239-254, has separate caption title
  • "An abstract of the constitution of Carolina", p. 255-258, has separate caption title
  • Signatures: A (-A4) B-H I2 K-2L (2L4 verso blank)
  • Bookseller's advertisement: p. [1], 3rd count
  • Title printed within double rule border; woodcut initials
Extent
1 online resource ([6], 258, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates
Form of item
online
Note
  • John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: front two flyleaves, p. [1-2], 3rd count, and rear flyleaf have been backed with Japanese paper.
  • John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf; rebacked and boards repaired.
  • Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: front flyleaves contain annotations possibly in the hand of Peter Collinson, F.R.S. whose autograph appears at the head of the title page; Charles Streynsham Collinson: armorial bookplate on front pastedown; Brown University: bookstamp on title page.
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The history of Carolina; : containing the exact description and natural history of that country: together with the present state thereof. And a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians. Giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c., By John Lawson, gent. surveyor-general of North Carolina
Link
Publication
Note
  • First printed in serialized form under title "A new voyage to Carolina" as part of "A new collection of voyages and travels", compiled by John Stevens from 1708-1710, and printed in cumulation in London, 1711 and issued separately in London, 1709
  • "A small dictionary of every tongue ...", p. 225-230, contains numbers, general vocabulary and phrases in the English, Tuskeruro [i.e. Tuscarora, a language in the Iroquois family spoken by a tribe in New York State and Ontario], Pamticough [a language spoken by the Pamlico Indians, who lived in Virginia], and Woccon languages [as spoken by a Siouan tribe near Piedmont, North Carolina]
  • "The second charter granted by King Charles II. to the proprietors of Carolina", p. 239-254, has separate caption title
  • "An abstract of the constitution of Carolina", p. 255-258, has separate caption title
  • Signatures: A (-A4) B-H I2 K-2L (2L4 verso blank)
  • Bookseller's advertisement: p. [1], 3rd count
  • Title printed within double rule border; woodcut initials
Extent
1 online resource ([6], 258, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates
Form of item
online
Note
  • John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: front two flyleaves, p. [1-2], 3rd count, and rear flyleaf have been backed with Japanese paper.
  • John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf; rebacked and boards repaired.
  • Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: front flyleaves contain annotations possibly in the hand of Peter Collinson, F.R.S. whose autograph appears at the head of the title page; Charles Streynsham Collinson: armorial bookplate on front pastedown; Brown University: bookstamp on title page.
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