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The second edition. |
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1 online resource (313 pages). |
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Toronto anthology |
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Toronto anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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Note |
Edition statement printed between "Done into English" and "In two volumes" on title page. |
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Translation of: Nouveaux voyages de Mr. le baron La Hontan, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, first printed The Hague, 1703. |
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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. The second edition .. |
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"A table explaining some terms made use of in both volumes": v. 1, p. 275-280. |
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"A discourse of the habit, houses, complexion and temperament of the savages of North-America": v.2, p. 3-91. |
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"A conference or dialogue between the author and Adario, a noted man among the savages": v. 2, p. 92-185. |
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"An appendix, containing some new voyages to Portugal and Denmark": v. 2 p. 187-288. |
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"A short dictionary of the most universal language of the savages": v. 2, p. 289-304, includes a brief discussion of the Algonquian and Huron (Wyandot) languages. |
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The Dialogues have been attributed to Nicolas Gueudeville. |
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Pagination: v. 1: [24], 280 p., [9] leaves of plates (5 folded); v. 2: 304 p., [10] leaves of plates (1 folded) |
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Signatures: v. 1: A a B-S T; v. 2: 2A-2T (2T3 missigned 2T4) |
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Volume 2 |
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Original document: Book. |
Summary |
This is the second in a two-volume series of early 18th-century works which describe, in detail, the social, political and geographical state of North America as seen through the eyes of contemporary explorers and voyagers to the New World from Europe. Both volumes contain descriptions of the Native Americans the Europeans came into contact with, including those native to the Toronto area. |
Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
Subject |
Canada -- Description and travel.
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Denmark -- Description and travel.
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Algonquian languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France)
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Portugal -- Description and travel.
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Indians of North America -- Canada.
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Natural history -- Canada.
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Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social life and customs.
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Indigenous peoples -- Canada.
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Wyandot language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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Indians of North America -- Canada -- Social life and customs.
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Added Author |
Gueudeville, Nicolas, approximately 1654-approximately 1721.
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Added Title |
Nouveaux voyages de Mr. le baron de Lahontan dans l'Amerique Septentrionale. English.
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