A description of the English province of Carolana : by the Spaniards call[e]d Florida, and by the French, La Louisiane / by Daniel Coxe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coxe, Daniel, 1673-1739.

Series:

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

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Mississippi River Valley.

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

Florida.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([53], 122 p., [1] leaf of plate (fold.) ) fold. map ;

Other Title:

Description of the English province of Carolana

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for and sold by O. Payne, 1741.

Notes:

A reissue of the edition of 1722, with a different title page.

Also issued as part of: 'A collection of voyages and travels, in three parts' by Daniel Coxe, [London], 1741.

"Viz. I. A description of the great and famous River Meschacebe, or Missisipi. II. A description of the countries, people, rivers, bays, harbours and islands, to the east of Meschacebe. III. A description of the sea coast, the large rivers ; their heads and courses, to the west of Meschacebe. IV. A description of the five great seas or lakes of fresh water. V. A new and curious discovery of an easy communication between the River Meschacebe and the South-Sea, which separates America from China, by means of several large rivers and lakes ; with a description of the said sea, to the streights of uries ; as also of a rich and considerable trade to be carry'd on from thence to Japan, China and Tartary. VI. An account of the useful animals, vegetables, metals, minerals, and other rich and valuable commodities, which this province naturally produces. Vii. An appendix, containing the original charter, &c. With a large and curious preface, demonstrating the right of the English to that country, and the unjust manner of the French usurping of it ; their prodigious Increase there, &c. and the inevitable danger our other colonies on the continent will be exposed to, if not timely prevented ; interspersed with many useful hints, in regard to our plantations in general. To which is added, a large and accurate map of Carolana, and of the River Meschacebe."

"Errata": 122 p., 2nd count.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 17281.

OCLC:

12