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.
Edition: The sixth edition, with improvements.
Publisher: Printed for J. Dodsley ...
Published: 1985
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: America -- Discovery and exploration -- Dutch.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- English.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- French.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Danish.
Notes: "In two volumes. Vol. I."

Part of a CIHM set.  For individual microfiches in this set see CIHM microfiche nos. 49268-49270.

Attributed to Edmund Burke--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.  Also attributed to William Burke--Dictionary of national biography.

"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."

Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the Library of the Public Archives of Canada. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1985.

[8], xii, 324 p. : map ; 22 cm.