Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768 / By J. Carver Esq. Captain Of A Company Of Provincial Troops During The Late War With France ; Illustrated with copper plates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780.

Contributor:

Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.

Robert Dechert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Northwestern States.

Indians of North America.

Northwestern States--Description and travel.

Northwestern States.

Mississippi River--Description and travel.

Mississippi River.

Minnesota--Description and travel.

Minnesota.

Penn Provenance:

D[isney], J. (inscription) (Dechert copy)

Disney, F., Major (autograph) (Dechert copy)

Wilson, Helen Godey (bookplate) (Dechert copy)

Dechert, Robert (donor) (Dechert copy)

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages, xvi pages, 17 unnumbered pages-543 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The second edition.

Fingerprint:

ldv- 39er omof liwi (7) 1779 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the author, by William Richardson in the Strand : and sold by J. Dodsley, in Pallmall : J. Robson, in New Bond-Street : J. Walter, at Charing-Cross : J. Bew, in Pater-Noster Row : and Mess. Richardson and Urquhart, at the Royal Exchange, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]

Notes:

Drawn in part from works by Hennepin, Lahontan, Charlevoix, and Adair; perhaps edited by John Coakley Lettsom who, along with Sir Joseph Banks, supported Carver in his work (Lee).

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries Special Collections Dechert copy includes, at end, the title-page to the 3rd ed.1781, Some account of Captain J. Carver (22 p.) and a [20] p. index. Also a map and a color illustration.

Cited in:

Lee, J. T. "A bibliography of Carver's Travels", Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1909, pp.143-83

ESTC T133727

OCLC:

2918505