Title
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 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
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