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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part05.utf8:85814900:1744
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01744cam a2200289 a 4500
001 59057645
003 DLC
005 20040603102844.0
008 810213s1765 enkb 000 0 eng
010 $a 59057645
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$edcrb
043 $an------
050 00 $aE143$b.B96
100 1 $aBurke, Edmund,$d1729-1797.
245 13 $aAn account of the European settlements in America :$bin six parts ... each part contains an accurate description of the settlements in it, their extent, climate, productions, trade, genius and disposition of their inhabitants, the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements and their political and commercial views with regard to each other : in two volumes.
250 $aThe fourth edition, with improvements.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for J. Dodsley ...,$c1765.
300 $a2 v. :$bmaps ;$c22 cm. (8vo)
500 $aProbably a collaboration of Edmund and William Burke. Cf. NUC pre-1956.
510 4 $aESTC$cT6289
510 4 $aNUC pre-1956$cNB 0972080
500 $aVol. 1: [4], xii, 324 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded map); v. 2: xii, 308 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded map).
505 0 $a(from t.p.) I. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world -- II. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants -- III. Of the Spanish settlements -- IV. Of the Portuguese -- V. Of the French, Dutch and Danish -- VI. Of the English.
561 $aLC copy has inscription in v. 1: Thomas Washington, his book. Has bookplate in v. 2: Charlotte Leighton.$5DLC
651 0 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aAmerica$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aBurke, William,$d1730-1798.