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 Captain Jonathan Carver, of the provincial troops in America.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780.

Contributor:

Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.

Dechert, Robert, donor.

Proud, Robert, 1728-1813, autographer.

Norris, T. G., autographer.

Morris, George W., autographer, inscriber.

Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson, 1822-1909, autographer, former owner.

Wilson, Helen Godey, 1879-1937, former owner.

Robert Dechert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Northwestern States--Early works to 1800.

Indians of North America.

Ojibwa Indians--Early works to 1800.

Ojibwa Indians.

Dakota Indians--Early works to 1800.

Dakota Indians.

Ojibwa language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Ojibwa language.

Dakota language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Dakota language.

Discoveries in geography.

Northwestern States--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Northwestern States.

Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Mississippi River Valley.

Minnesota--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Minnesota.

North America--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800.

North America.

Genre:

Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Controlled vocabularies.

Physical Description:

xxi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 23 unnumbered pages-217 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Carver's travel

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank ..., and Robert Bell ..., 1784.

Notes:

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.

Signatures: A-2C⁴ 2D⁶(-2D6).

"A short vocabulary of the Chipéway language": p. 172-176.

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

Local Notes:

Dechert EC75 C2568 778t 1784 has description note signed by Robert Dechert laid in. Manuscript note laid in. Autographs of Robert Proud (dated 1785), T.G. Norris (dated 1814), George W. Morris (dated 1825), and Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (dated 1837).. Inscribed to Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant by George W. Morris in 1837. Bookplate of Helen Godey Wilson.

Cited in:

Sabin 11185

Evans 18391

OCLC:

63598453