New travels to the westward, or, unknown parts of America. [electronic resource] : Being a tour of almost fouteeen [sic] months. Containing, an account of the country, upwards of two thousand miles west of the Christian parts of North-America; with an account of white Indians, their manners, habits, and many other particulars. By Don Alonso Decalves. Confirmed by three other persons.
1788
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New travels to the westward, or, unknown parts of America. [electronic resource] : Being a tour of almost fouteeen [sic] months. Containing, an account of the country, upwards of two thousand miles west of the Christian parts of North-America; with an account of white Indians, their manners, habits, and many other particulars. By Don Alonso Decalves. Confirmed by three other persons.
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Decalves, Alonso.
Alternate Title
New travels to unknown parts of Amerrica.
Publication Details
Boston : Printed and sold by John W. Folsom, no. 30, Union-Street. Sold also by Benjamin Larkin, no. 46, Cornhill, [1788]
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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English
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[2], vi, [1], 7-45 [i.e., 7-44], [1] p. ; 8⁰.
Note
Fictitious account of an overland trip from New Orleans to the Northwest coast in 1786-7. The account of John Vandelure's captivity among the Indians is, however, based on fact.
Half-title: New travels to unknown parts of America.
Advertised as "just published" in the Boston gazette, May 19, 1788. Evans (entry 30321) mistakenly records this edition a second time with imprint date [1796].
Error in paging: p. 44 misnumbered 45. Odd numbered pages printed on versos in main sequence of pagination.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Half-title: New travels to unknown parts of America.
Advertised as "just published" in the Boston gazette, May 19, 1788. Evans (entry 30321) mistakenly records this edition a second time with imprint date [1796].
Error in paging: p. 44 misnumbered 45. Odd numbered pages printed on versos in main sequence of pagination.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
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Evans, 21044
Evans, 30321
Sabin, 98445
Sabin, 19129
English Short Title Catalog, W13716.
Evans, 30321
Sabin, 98445
Sabin, 19129
English Short Title Catalog, W13716.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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