An account of the European settlements in America
An account of the European settlements in America in six parts: I. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world. II. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants. III. Of the Spanish settlements. IV. Of the Portuguese. V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish. VI. Of the English Burke, William
Publisher: London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley ... , 1760.
ISBN: 066548531X
DDC: 970
Edition: (v. 1)
Notes:
Part of a CIHM set. For individual microfiches in this set see CIHM
microfiche nos. 48531-48532.
"Each Part contains An accurate Description of the Settlements in it,
their Extent, Climate, Productions, Trade, Genius and Disposition of
their Inhabitants: the Interests of the several Powers of Europe with
respect to those Settlements; and their Political and Commercial
Views with regard to each other."
Volume I contains parts I to IV; Volume II, parts V and VI and the
Contents to the whole.
Probably the joint work of Edmund and William Burke, but usually
attributed to the former, who called himself merely the revisor of
his kinsman's work.--Cf. Dict. nat. biog.; Sabin, Bibl. Amer.
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