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Johann Carvers Reisen durch die innern Gegenden von Nord-Amerika in den Jahren 1766, 1767 und 1768.
Hamburg: Carl Ernst Bohn, 1780
Physical Description: xxiv, 456 p. [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Call number: D780/ C331r
Accession number: 02546
Notes: "Ein kurzes Verzeichniss von Wörtern aus der Tschipiwäischen Sprache", p. 350-356, is a glossary of words in the Ojibwa language.
"Ein kurzes Verzeichniss von Wörtern aus der Sprache der Nadowessier", p. 356-359, is a glossary of words in the Dakota language. "Vorbericht" signed: C.D. Ebeling.
Translation of: Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768, first printed London, 1778.
Also attributed tentatively to John Coakley Lettsom, known to be involved with the work at least in the category of editor. Cf. Bourne, E.G. "The travels of Jonathan Carver", Amer. hist. review, v. 11, no. 2 (Jan. 1906), p. 287-302.
Colophon reads: Hamburg, gedruckt bey Carl Wilhelm Meyn.
First printed London, 1778.
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Languages: Dakota / Ojibwa
Genre: Specimen / Vocabulary
Region: North America
