New voyages to North-America
Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent; their customs, commerce, and way of navigation upon the lakes and rivers; the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another; with the reasons of the miscarriage of the former; and the various adventures between the French, and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A geographical description of Canada, and a natural history of the country, with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce. Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages, giving a full view of the religion and strange opinions of those people; with an account of the authors retreat to Portugal and Denmark, and his remarks on those courts. To which is added, a dictionary of the Algonkine language, which is generally spoke in North-America. Illustrated with twenty three mapps and cutts
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Social life and customs, Description and travel, Indians of North America, Booksellers' catalogs, Wyandot language, Indian linguistics, Glossaries, vocabularies, Algonquian languages, Algonquin languages, Natural history, History, Early works to 1800, Algonquin languagePlaces
Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, PortugalTimes
1703, To 1763 (New France)
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Translation of: Nouveaux voyages de Mr. le baron de Lahontan, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, first printed The Hague, 1703.
Vol. 2 has title: New voyages to North-America. Giving a full account of the customs, commerce, religion, and strange opinions of the savages of that country. With political remarks upon the courts of Portugal and Denmark, and the present state of the commerce of those countries ..
"A table explaining some terms made use of in both volumes": v. 1, p. 275-280.
"A discourse of the habit, houses, complexion and temperament of the savages of North-America": v.2, p. 1-89.
"A conference or dialogue between the author and Adario, a noted man among the savages": v. 2, p. 90-183.
"An appendix, containing some new voyages to Portugal and Denmark": v. 2 p. 185-286.
"A short dictionary of the most universal language of the savages": v. 2, p. 287-302, includes a brief discussion of the Algonquian and Huron (Wyandot) languages.
The Dialogues have been attributed to Nicolas Gueudeville.
Pagination: vol. 1: [24], 280 p., [13] leaves of plates (2 folded); v. 2: [2], 302, [16] p., [11] leaves of plates (1 folded)
Signatures: v. 1: A⁸ a⁴ B-S⁸ T⁴; v. 2: pi1 2A-2T⁸ 2V⁸ (-2V8)
Errata: v. 1, p. [24], 1st count.
Publisher's advertisements: v. 2, p. [1], 3rd count.
Includes index at end of v. 2.
Lande Coll. 496.
Pilling, J.C. Algonquian, 288.
Greenly, A.H. Lahontan, 347-350.
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 703/86.
Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800, III:39.
ESTC T43043.
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary calf.
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