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JCB Books Internet Archive
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Author:
Thomas, Gabriel.
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Thomas, Gabriel.
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Author (contributor):
Indigenous Languages Digitization Project (John Carter Brown Library)
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Indigenous Languages Digitization Project (John Carter Brown Library)
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Author (contributor):
Ternaux-Compans, Henri, 1807-1864
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Ternaux-Compans, Henri, 1807-1864
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Title:
An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. : The richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation, the wholesomness of the air, the navigable rivers, and others, the prodigious encrease of corn, the flourishing condition of the city of Philadelphia, with the stately buildings, and other improvements there. The strange creatures, as birds, beasts, fishes, and fowls, with the several sorts of minerals, purging waters, and stones, lately discovered. The natives, aborogmes [sic] their language, religion, laws, and customs; the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English, with the number of its inhabitants; as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers. With a map of both countries. /
title
An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. : The richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation, the wholesomness of the air, the navigable rivers, and others, the prodigious encrease of corn, the flourishing condition of the city of Philadelphia, with the stately buildings, and other improvements there. The strange creatures, as birds, beasts, fishes, and fowls, with the several sorts of minerals, purging waters, and stones, lately discovered. The natives, aborogmes [sic] their language, religion, laws, and customs; the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English, with the number of its inhabitants; as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers. With a map of both countries. /
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Publisher:
Printed for and sold by A Baldwin at the Oxon Arms in Warwick-Lane
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Printed for and sold by A Baldwin at the Oxon Arms in Warwick-Lane
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Begin Publication Date:
1698
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1698
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MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991031797999706966
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991031797999706966
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Permanent Call Number:
D698 .T456h
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D698 .T456h
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Statistics Note 1 (Accession Number):
STAT_NOTE_1_ACCESSION #: 0811
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STAT_NOTE_1_ACCESSION #: 0811
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Uniform Resource Identifier:
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http://www.archive.org/details/historicalgeogra01thom, http://www.archive.org/details/historicalgeogra02thom
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Subjects:
Pennsylvania Dutch.
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Pennsylvania Dutch.
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Subjects:
Pennsylvania--Description and travel.
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Pennsylvania--Description and travel.
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Subjects:
Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Subjects:
New Jersey--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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New Jersey--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Subjects:
Indian linguistics--Delaware language.
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Indian linguistics--Delaware language.
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Subjects:
Imprint 1698.
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Imprint 1698.
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Subjects:
Germans--Pennsylvania.
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Germans--Pennsylvania.
Subjects
false
Subjects:
Indians of North America--Pennsylvania.
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Indians of North America--Pennsylvania.
Subjects
false
Subjects:
Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--Social life and customs.
subjects
Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--Social life and customs.
Subjects
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Subjects:
Indians of North America--New Jersey.
subjects
Indians of North America--New Jersey.
Subjects
false
Subjects:
Indians of North America--New Jersey--Social life and customs.
subjects
Indians of North America--New Jersey--Social life and customs.
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Subjects:
Delaware Indians.
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Delaware Indians.
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false
Subjects:
Delaware Indians--Social life and customs.
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Delaware Indians--Social life and customs.
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Subjects:
Delaware language--Texts.
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Delaware language--Texts.
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General Note:
"An historical description of the province and country of West-New-Jersey in America. A short view of their laws, customs and religion: as also the temperament of the air and climate; the fatness of the soil, with the vast produce of rice, &c. The improvement of their lands (as in England) to pasture, meadows, &c. Their making great quantities of pitch and tar, as also turpentine, which proceeds from the pine trees, with rozen as clear as gum-arabick, with particular remarks upon their towns, fairs, and markets; with the great plenty of oil and whale-bone made from the great number of whales they yearly take: as also many other profitable and new improvements. Never made till now.." has separate title page but continuous pagination and signatures, and has imprint: London: printed in the year 1698.; Includes several specimens of indigenous language material: p. 47, 2nd count, gives a six line farewell speech in the Delaware language followed by its English language translation; p. 8-11, 4th count, includes a dialogue in parallel columns of Delaware and English languages followed by a list of "the names of some of the Indians" on p. 13, 4th count.; Signatures: A⁴ (A1 verso blank) B-D⁸ E⁴ (E4 verso blank) F-H⁸ (F1, F6 versos, H8 blank); "Pennsylvania and West Jersey", folded map, is bound to face p. 1, 2nd count.
general_note
"An historical description of the province and country of West-New-Jersey in America. A short view of their laws, customs and religion: as also the temperament of the air and climate; the fatness of the soil, with the vast produce of rice, &c. The improvement of their lands (as in England) to pasture, meadows, &c. Their making great quantities of pitch and tar, as also turpentine, which proceeds from the pine trees, with rozen as clear as gum-arabick, with particular remarks upon their towns, fairs, and markets; with the great plenty of oil and whale-bone made from the great number of whales they yearly take: as also many other profitable and new improvements. Never made till now.." has separate title page but continuous pagination and signatures, and has imprint: London: printed in the year 1698.; Includes several specimens of indigenous language material: p. 47, 2nd count, gives a six line farewell speech in the Delaware language followed by its English language translation; p. 8-11, 4th count, includes a dialogue in parallel columns of Delaware and English languages followed by a list of "the names of some of the Indians" on p. 13, 4th count.; Signatures: A⁴ (A1 verso blank) B-D⁸ E⁴ (E4 verso blank) F-H⁸ (F1, F6 versos, H8 blank); "Pennsylvania and West Jersey", folded map, is bound to face p. 1, 2nd count.
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Local Note:
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: H.T.[i.e. Henri Ternaux-Compans]: gold-tooled stamp on front and rear boards.
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Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: H.T.[i.e. Henri Ternaux-Compans]: gold-tooled stamp on front and rear boards.
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