A view of the soil and climate of the United States of America : with supplementary remarks upon Florida; on the French colonies on the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada; and on the aboriginal tribes of America. / By C.F. Volney, member of the Conservative Senate, &c. &c. ; Translated, with occasional remarks, by C.B. Brown. ; With maps and plates.

Author/creator Volney, C.-F.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Published by J. Conrad & Co. Philadelphia; M. & J. Conrad & Co. Baltimore; Rapin, Conrad, & Co. Washington City; Somervell & Conrad, Petersburg; and Bonsal, Conrad, & Co. Norfolk. Printed by T. & G. Palmer, 116, High Street, 1804.
Descriptionxxviii, 446 pages, III, 1 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations, 2 maps ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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Other author/creatorBrown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 translator.
Other author/creatorBarton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815.
Other author/creatorHooker, William, 1782-1856 engraver.
Other author/creatorTiebout, Cornelius, 1773?-1832 engraver.
Other author/creatorLewis, Samuel, 1753 or 1754-1822, cartographer.
Other author/creatorTanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848 engraver.
SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 7675. ^A575643
Partial contents (Supplement) No. I. On the winds of Norway and Sweden -- No. II. On Florida, and a work entitled a Concise natural and moral history of East and West Florida, by Bernard Romans. 12 mo. New York, 1776 -- No. III. On the History of New Hampshire, by Jeremiah Belknap, and the History of Vermont, by Samuel Williams -- No. IV. Gallipolis, or the French colony at Scioto -- No. V. Of the French colonies on the Wabash, the Mississippi, and Lake Erie -- No. VI. On the Indians or savages of North America -- Vocabulary of the Miami language -- Additional notes.
General noteTranslation of: Tableau du climat et du sol des États-Unis d'Amérique.
General noteThe "Additional notes" are by Dr. B.S. Barton. Cf. Translator's preface, p. xxiv-xxv.
General noteFrontispiece map signed: Hooker sc. Plate III signed: C. Tiebout sc. Map of the United States on plate [4] signed: Drawn by S. Lewis. Tanner, sc.
General noteWith a half-title.
General note"Erratum."--p. xxviii.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 7675
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 7675).
Genre/formMaps North America.
Genre/formMaps United States.

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