An account of the European settlements in America : in six parts : each part contains an accurate description of the settlements in it, their extent, climate, productions, trade, genius and disposition of their inhabitants, the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements and their political and commercial views with regard to each other.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Contributor:

Burke, William, 1730-1798.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

America.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 v. ) fold. maps ;

Other Title:

Account of the European settlements in America

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757.

Contents:

(from t.p.) 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:

Probably a collaboration of Edmund and William Burke. Cf. ESTC.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 9282.

OCLC:

12