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 ... north-west regions of that vast continent ... 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 Captain Jonathan Carver ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780.

Contributor:

Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.

Standardized Title:

Travels through the interior parts of North-America

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:

Lamborn, Robert H. (donor)

Physical Description:

xx, 21-380 pages ; 23 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : J. Key, 1798.

Notes:

First edition, London, 1778, published under title: Travels through the interior parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768. The third edition, London, 1781, was edited by John Coakley Lettsom, who may himself have composed the book from Carver's personal narrative and from earlier writers. cf. E. G. Bourne's article on "The travels of Jonathan Carver", in American historical review, Jan. 1906. v. 11, p. 287-302.

OCLC:

186478013