New voyages to North-America.
Subtitle: Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent ... the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another ... and the various adventures between the French, and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A geographical description of Canada ... with remarks upon their government ... Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages ... with an account of the author's 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 maps and cuts.
By: Written in French by the Baron Lahontan ... Done into English.
Contributors: Gueudeville, Nicolas, ca. 1654-ca. 1721.; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: The 2d ed. ... A great part of which never printed in the original ...
Publisher: Printed for J. and J. Bonwicke, R. Wilkin, S. Birt, T. Ward, E. Wicksteed; and J. Osborn
Published: 1735
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Canada -- Early works to 1800; Algonquin language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Wyandot language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Canada -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Portugal -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Denmark -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Notes: Vol. 2 has title and imprint: 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 commerce of those countries. The 2d ed. London, Printed for J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, J. and J. Bonwicke, J. Osborn, S. Birt, T. Ward and E. Wicksteed, 1735.
"A conference or dialogue between the author and Adario, a noted man among the savages": v. 2, p. 92-185. This has been attributed to Nicolas Gueudeville. Cf. Winsor, Nar. and crit. hist. of Amer., v. 4, p. 257-260.
Imperfect: plates at p. 55, 160 and 184 wanting in v. 1.