The America of 1750
Peter Kalm's travels in North America
by Kalm, Pehr
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Description and travel, Natural history, Early works to 1800, Scientific expeditions, TravelPeople
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The America of 1750: Peter Kalm's travels in North America ; the English version of 1770
1966, Dover Publications
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The America of 1750: Peter Kalm's travels in North America; the English version of 1770
1937, Wilson-Erickson
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Paged continuously
Includes reproductions of the title-pages of the original English, Swedish and Dutch editions
"The present version is the first exclusively American edition ... in English ... and the first one dealing with the part on United States and Canada to appear in this country ... The part on Norway and England has been omitted ... The hitherto untranslated portion ... has been done into English by Miss Edith M.L. Carlborg ... and the present editor. The remainder ... is based on Forster's translation."--p. xv
"A bibliography of Peter Kalm's writings on America": v. 2, p. 770-776
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