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A new voyage to Carolina; containing the exact description and natural history of that country... and a journal of a thousand miles, travel’d thro’ several nations of Indians, giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c.
London: [s. n.], 1709
Physical Description: [6], 258, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., 1 map ; 21 cm. (4to)
Call number: D711/ S844n1 / v. 1; D711/ S844n2 v.1
Accession number: 29834; 08829
Notes: "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 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.
Issued as second voyage in vol. 1 of: A new collection of voyages and travels, into several parts of the world, none of them ever before printed in English / edited and translated by John Stevens, first printed in serial form, London, December 1708 to January 1710 and here reissued in a London, 1711 collection.
Also issued separately, with identical imprint, London, 1709.
JCB has two copies, both imperfect.
To access digital facsimile copy of book, click here.
Languages: Pampticough / Tuscarora / Woccon
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
