Details - New voyages to North-America : Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent : their customs, commerce, and way of navigation upon the lakes and rivers : the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another : with the reasons of the miscarriage of the former : and the various adventures between the French, and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A geographical description of Canada, and a natural history of the country, with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce. Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages, giving a full view of the religion and strange opinions of those people : with an account of the author's retreat to Portugal and Denmark and his remarks on those courts. To which is added, a dictionary of the Algonkine language, which is generally spoke in North-America : illustrated with twenty three mapps and cutts

New voyages to North-America

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New voyages to North-America : Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent : their customs, commerce, and way of navigation upon the lakes and rivers : the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another : with the reasons of the miscarriage of the former : and the various adventures between the French, and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A geographical description of Canada, and a natural history of the country, with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce. Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages, giving a full view of the religion and strange opinions of those people : with an account of the author's retreat to Portugal and Denmark and his remarks on those courts. To which is added, a dictionary of the Algonkine language, which is generally spoke in North-America : illustrated with twenty three mapps and cutts

Title Variants

Alternative: Some new voyages to North-America
Uniform: Nouveaux voyages de Mr. le baron de Lahontan dans l'Amerique septentrionale

By

Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de, 1666-1715

Moll, Herman, 1732 , engraver

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Book

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Published material

Publication info

London, Printed for H. Bonwicke ..., T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, B. Tooke ...; and S. Manship, 1703

Notes

Translation of: Nouveaux voyages de Mr. le baron de Lahontan dans l'Amerique septentrionale.

Vol. 2 has title: New voyages to North-America. Giving a full account of the customs, commerce, religion, and strange opinions of the savages of that country. With political remarks upon the courts of Portugal and Denmark, and the present state of the commerce of those countries ...

"The engravings are by H. Moll"--Sabin.

Title pages with double-rule borders.

Pagination of each v.: v. 1. [24], 280 p., [12] leaves of plates; v. 2. [2], 302, [16] p. (final p. is blank), [11] leaves of plates.

Includes index at end of v. 2.

Errata in v. 1, p. [24] (1st group).

Publisher's advertisement on p. [1] (3rd group) of v. 2.

Contents: v. 1. Some new voyages to North-America (letters I-XXV). Memoirs of North-America. A table explaining some terms made use of in both volumes -- v. 2. A discourse of the habit, houses, complexion and temperament of the savages of North-America. A conference or dialogue between the author and Adario, a noted man among the savages. An appendix, containing some new voyages to Portugal and Denmark. A short dictionary of the most universal language of the savages. Index.

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Pilling, J.C. Bib. of the Algonquian languages, | p. 290-291