An account of the European settlements in America : in 6 parts ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Contributor:

Burke, William, 1730-1798.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

America--Description and travel.

America.

America--Discovery and exploration.

Physical Description:

2 v. : fold. maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

6th ed., with improvements.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Dodsley, 1777.

Contents:

I. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world.

II. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants.

III. Of the Spanish settlements.

IV. Of the Portuguese.

V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish.

VI. Of the English.

Notes:

Vol. 2 includes Pt. VII, British North America.

Probably the joint work of Edmund and William Burke, but usually attributed to the former, who called himself merely the reviser of his kinsman's work. cf. Dict. nat. biog.; Sabin, Bibl. amer.

OCLC:

4781541