An account of the European settlements in America
Subtitle: in six parts.  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 ...
Contributors: Burke, William, 1730-1798
Publisher: R. and J. Dodsley
Published: 1757
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: America -- Discovery and exploration; America -- Description and travel
Notes: First edition.

Probably the joint work of Edmund and William Burke, but usually attributed to the former, who called himself merely the reviser of his kinsman's work.  Cf. Dict. Nat. Biog.

Imperfect: map in v. 1 wanting.