The history of 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

Title Variants

Uniform: New voyage to Carolina

By

Lawson, John, 1674-1711

England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II). , Second charter granted by King Charles II. to the proprietors of Carolina.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Printed for T. Warner, at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster Row, 1718

Notes

First printed in serialized form under title "A new voyage to Carolina" as part of "A new collection of voyages and travels", compiled by John Stevens from 1708-1710, and printed in cumulation in London, 1711 and issued separately in London, 1709.

"A small dictionary of every tongue ...", p. 225-230, contains numbers, general vocabulary and phrases in the English, Tuskeruro [i.e. Tuscarora, a language in the Iroquois family spoken by a tribe in New York State and Ontario], Pamticough [a language spoken by the Pamlico Indians, who lived in Virginia], and Woccon languages [as spoken by a Siouan tribe near Piedmont, North Carolina]

"The second charter granted by King Charles II. to the proprietors of Carolina", p. 239-254, has separate caption title.

"An abstract of the constitution of Carolina", p. 255-258, has separate caption title.

Signatures: A (-A4) B-H I² K-2L (2L4 verso blank)

Bookseller's advertisement: p. [1], 3rd count.

Woodcut initials.

Hanson | 1057n.

Vail, R.W.G. Old Frontier, | 324.

Clark, T.D. Old South, | I:115.

Pilling, J.C. Proof-sheets of a bib. of the languages of the North Amer. Indians, | 2226.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, | 718/104.

Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800, | III:233.

ESTC | N7598.

Subjects

1718 , Catalogs, Booksellers' , Description and travel , Glossaries, vocabularies, etc , Great Britain , Imprint 1718 , Indian linguistics , Indians of North America , Natural history , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tuscarora language , Woccon language

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.59789
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/09027659
OCLC: 729750256