A new voyage to Carolina : containing the exact description and natural history of that country: Together with the Present State thereof. And a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians. Giving a particular Account of their Customs, Manners, &c. By John Lawson, Gent. Surveyor-General of North-Carolina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, John, d. 1712.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--North Carolina.

Natural history.

Indians of North America--North Carolina.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Languages--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

South Carolina--Description and travel.

South Carolina.

North Carolina--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

North Carolina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([6],60,[2],61-258,[2]p.,plate ) map ;

Other Title:

New voyage to Carolina

Place of Publication:

London : [s.n.], Printed in the Year 1709.

[Place of publication not identified] : Cengage Gale, 1709.

Summary:

John Lawson's amazingly detailed yet lively book is easily one of the most valuable of the early histories of the Carolinas, and it is certainly one of the best travel accounts of the early eighteenth-century colonies. An inclusive account of the manners and customs of the Indian tribes of that day, it is also a minute report of the soil, climate, trees, plants, animals, and fish in the Carolinas. Lawson's observation is keen and thorough; his style direct and vivid. He misses nothing and recounts all - from the storms at sea to his impressions of New York in 1700, the trip down the coast to Charleston, and his travels from there into North Carolina with his Indian guides. The first edition of this work was published in London in 1709. While various editions followed in the eighteenth century - including two in German - this edition is a true copy of the original and is the first to include a comprehensive index. It also contains "The Second Charter" "An Abstract of the Constitution of Carolina" Lawson's will, and several previously unpublished letters written by Lawson. A number of DeBry woodcuts of John White's drawings of Indian life, sketches of the beasts of Carolina which appeared in the original 1709 edition, and Lawson's map contribute additional interest to this volume.

Notes:

Also issued as part of 'A new collection of voyages and travels' London 1708-10, reissued London, 1711; compiled by John Stevens.

With a final advertisement leaf for parts of the collection.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T133233.

OCLC:

642374507