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Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768 — John Shaqi

Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768Carver, Jonathan

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Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768

Name: Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768
Author: Carver, Jonathan

Carver, Jonathan

Dakota language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Indians of North America -- Northwestern states -- Early works to 1800; Minnesota -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Mississippi River -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Northwestern states -- Description and travel --

Transcriber's Note:

When italics were used in the original book, the corresponding text has
been surrounded by _underscores_. Superscripted characters have been
preceded by ^ and surrounded by {} when more than one character is
superscripted. Some corrections have been made to the original. These
are detailed in a second transcriber's note at the end of the document.

[Illustration:

  _Capt^n. JONATHAN CARVER._

  _From the_ Original Picture _in the possession of J.C. Lettsom M.D._

  _Published as the Act directs, by R. Stewart, N^o. 287, near G^t.
    Turnstile, Holborn Nov^r. 16, 1780._
]

                                TRAVELS

                              THROUGH THE

                             INTERIOR PARTS

                                   OF

                             NORTH AMERICA,

                                 IN THE

                      YEARS 1766, 1767, and 1768.

                           BY J. CARVER, ESQ.

                   CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF PROVINCIAL
                         TROOPS DURING THE LATE
                            WAR WITH FRANCE.

                    ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER PLATES,
                               COLOURED.

                           THE THIRD EDITION.

                 To which is added, SOME ACCOUNT OF THE
                      AUTHOR, AND A COPIOUS INDEX.

                                LONDON:

Printed for C. DILLY, in the Poultry; H. PAYNE, in Pall-mall; and J.
  PHILLIPS, in George-Yard, Lombard-Street.

                               MDCCLXXXI.

                             ADVERTISEMENT.

FEW works have had a more rapid sale than the following; two large
editions having been disposed of in two years. This induced the
proprietors to print a third: but, as soon as this impression was
finished, I purchased both the printed copies and the copy-right.

I have since added to the work, some Account of the Author’s life, and
an Index to the Travels, which are published separately, for the
convenience of the purchasers of the first and second editions; on whom,
I was unwilling to raise an extraordinary tax for the third edition.

                                                   JOHN COAKLEY LETTSOM.

London, March 30, 1781.

                                   TO

                           JOSEPH BANKS, Esq;

                               PRESIDENT

                                 OF THE

                             ROYAL SOCIETY.

SIR,

WHEN the Public are informed that I have long had the Honour of your
Acquaintance——that my Design in publishing the following Work has
received your Sanction——that the Composition of it has stood the Test of
your Judgment——and that it is by your Permission a Name so deservedly
eminent in the Literary World is prefixed to it, I need not be
apprehensive of its Success; as your Patronage will unquestionably give
them Assurance of its Merit.

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Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768

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