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).

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, printed for W. Taylor at the Ship, and J. Baker at the Black Boy, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1714

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.

Title printed within double rule border; woodcut initials.

Hanson, | 1057n.

Vail, R.W.G. Old Frontier, | 319.

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

Pilling, J.C. Proof-sheets of a bib. of the languages of the North Amer. Indians, | 2225.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, | 714/74.

ESTC | T133242.

Subjects

1714 , Catalogs, Booksellers' , Description and travel , Glossaries, vocabularies, etc , Great Britain , Imprint 1714 , 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.59745