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Seven years' residence in the great deserts of North America / by the abbé Em. Domenech.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks F593 .D653 1860
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Domenech, Emmanuel, 1826-1903, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Voyage pittoresque dans les grands déserts du Nouveau Monde. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Domenech, Emmanuel, 1826-1903--Travel--West (U.S.).
- Domenech, Emmanuel.
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
- West (U.S.).
- Indians of North America--West (U.S.).
- Indians of North America.
- Deserts--West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
- Deserts.
- Deserts--North America.
- United States--Description and travel.
- United States.
- Indians, North American.
- Native American.
- Domenech, Emmanuel, 1826-1903.
- Travel.
- West United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Indians, North American.
- Genre:
- Travel literature -- 19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes, 58 unnumbered leaves of plates (color) : illustrations, folded map, music ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Half title: Seven years' residence in North America
- Great deserts of North America
- Deserts of North America
- Place of Publication:
- London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860.
- Summary:
- This work contains the author's travels and experiences in the American West.
- Contents:
- Volume 1. Ancient emigrations ; American origins ; Descriptions ; Antiquities
- volume 2. Origin of the Americans ; Character of the Indians ; Indian languages ; Festivals and industry ; Customs of the Indians ; Indian religions.
- Credits:
- Illustrated with fifty-eight woodcuts by A. Joliet, three plates of ancient Indian music, and a map showing the actual situation of the Indian tribes and the country described by the author.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Voyage pittoresque dans les grands déserts du Nouveau Monde.
- "Illustrated with fifty-eight woodcuts by A. Joliet, three plates of ancient Indian music, and a map showing the actual situation of the Indian tribes and the country described by the author."
- "Printed by Spottiswoode and Co."--Colophon.
- Vol. 1: xxiv, 445 p., [33] leaves of plates ; vol. 2: xii, 465 p., [25] leaves of plates.
- Cited in:
- Howes, W.U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition), D410
- Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 20554
- Other Format:
- Online version: Domenech, Emmanuel, 1826-1903. Seven years' residence in the great deserts of North America.
- OCLC:
- 1670066
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