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Record Nr.

UNISA996391254503316

Autore

Smith John <1580-1631.>

Titolo

The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles [[electronic resource] ] : with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning. an⁰: 1584. to this present 1624. With the procedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn] H[aviland] for Michael Sparkes, 1624

Descrizione fisica

[14], 96, 105-248 p., [6] plates (4 folded) : ports., maps

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Virginia

Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Early works to 1800

Virginia Description and travel Early works to 1800

New England History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Early works to 1800

Bermuda Islands History Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Largely a collected edition of his "A description of New England", "A map of Virginia", "New Englands trials", and "A true relation of such occurrences and accidents of noate as hath hapned in Virginia since the first planting of that collony, which is now resident in the south part thereof, till the last returne from thence".

The title page is engraved and signed: Grauen by Iohn Barra.

"Dawson pr[inted]. )(² , A-N⁴. Haviland pr[inted]. P-Ii⁴"--STC.

Some copies have an errata slip.

For details on various states see Sabin.

Reproduction of the original in Harvard University. Library.



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0062