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Georg Hinrich Loskiels Historiske beskrifning, öfwer evangeliska brödernes missions-arbete ibland Indianerne uti Norra America. Utgifwen i Barby 1789. Ofwersättning.
Stockholm: Joh. Christ. Holmberg,, 1792
Physical Description: [22], 227, [4], 212-872, [2] p. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Call number: JA792 /L879h
Accession number: 32585
Notes: Discussion of the early Moravian missions among the Delawares, Nantikokes, Shawnees, and other Indian tribes in North America. Based on letters and journals written by Zeisberger and Spangenberg. Contains text that was omitted from the English translation.
Includes a prayer in the Delaware language on p. 31, 2nd count and a comparative list of vocabulary between German, Delaware and Iroquois on p. 31-32, 2nd count.
Translation of: Geschichte der Mission der evangelischen Brüder unter den Indianern in Nordamerika, first published Barby [Germany], 1780 and reprinted, with additions, Barby [Germany], 1789.
Digital facsimile copy of book available.
Languages: Delaware / Iroquois
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
