An account of the European settlements in America
Subtitle: in six parts ... : 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 : in two volumes
Contributors: Burke, William, 1730-1798, author; Dodsley, James, 1724-1797, bookseller; Samuel Johnson and William Samuel Johnson Libraries (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Edition: The sixth edition with improvements.
Publisher: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall
Published: 1777
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Discovery and exploration; Description and travel; Discoveries in geography; Travel
Notes: Vol. 2 includes Pt. VII, British North America.

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.; Sabin, Bibl. amer.

Head- and tail-pieces, factota.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T6287

Gift; Johnson family; 1914.
Table of contents: title: (from title page) I. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world; title: II. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants; title: III. Of the Spanish settlements; title: IV. Of the Portuguese; title: V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish; title: VI. Of the English.