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Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780.

Voyage dans les parties intérieures de l'Amérique Septentrionale, pendant les années 1766, 1767, & 1768... ouvrage traduit sur la troisieme édition angloise, par M. de C.... avec des remarques & quelques additions du traducteur.

Paris: Chez Pissot , 1784

Physical Description: 24, xxviii, 451, [1] p. , [1] folded leaf of plates: map ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Call number: D784/ C331v2

Accession number: 34376

Notes: "Petit dictionnaire françois-chippevay", p. 321-328, is a glossary of words in the Ojibwa language. "Petit dictionnaire françois-nadoissis", p. 329-334, is a glossary of words in the Dakota language. "Translated by Jean Étienne Montucla from Travels through the interior parts of North America, first published London, 1778, with the third edition published London, 1781."--Echeverria & Wilkie 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.

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Languages: Dakota / Ojibwa

Genre: Vocabulary

Region: North America