A new voyage to 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

By

Lawson, John, 1674-1711

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, [s.n.], Printed in the year 1709

Notes

First printed in serialized form as part of "A new collection of voyages and travels", compiled by John Stevens from 1708-1710, and printed in cumulation in London, 1711.

"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]

Signatures: A (-A4) B-H (G1 missigned F1) I² K-2L (2L4 verso blank)

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

Title printed within double rule border; woodcut initials.

Cf. Hanson, 1057.

Cf. Vail, R.W.G. Old Frontier, 311.

Cf. Church, E.D. Discovery, 928n.

Cf. Pilling, J.C. Proof-sheets of a bib. of the languages of the North Amer. Indians, 2223.

Cf. Alden, J.E. European Americana, 709/91.

Cf. Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800, III:138.

ESTC | T133233.

Subjects

1709 , Catalogs, Booksellers' , Description and travel , Glossaries, vocabularies, etc , Great Britain , Imprint 1709 , 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.59903