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Allerneuste Beschreibung der Provintz Carolina in West-Indien: Samt einem Reise-Journal von mehr als Tausend Meilen unter allerhand indianischen Nationen. Auch einer accuraten Land-Carte und andern Kupfer-Stichen. Aus dem englischen übersetzet durch M. Vischer

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Virgules replaces by commas in title page transcription.
Translation of: A new voyage to Carolina, first printed in serialized form as part of "A new collection of voyages and travels", compiled by John Stevens from 1708-1710, and printed in cumulation in London, 1711 and issued separately in London, 1709.
"Exempel eines indianischen Wörter-Buchs von III Sprachen", p. 341-348, contains numbers, general vocabulary and phrases in the German, Tuskeruro [i.e. Tuscarora, a language in the Iroquois family spoken by a tribe in New York State and Ontario], Pamticough [a language spoken by the Pamlico Indians, who lived in Virginia], and Woccon languages [as spoken by a Siouan tribe near Piedmont, North Carolina]
Signatures: )( (-)(8) (all signed leaves in gathering )( are not numbered) A-U W X-Y
Title page printed in red and black; woodcut head and tail pieces; initials.

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"Allerneuste Beschreibung der Provintz Carolina in West-Indien: Samt einem Reise-Journal von mehr als Tausend Meilen unter allerhand indianischen Nationen. Auch einer accuraten Land-Carte und andern Kupfer-Stichen. Aus dem englischen übersetzet durch M. Vischer " (1712). John Carter Brown Library. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:576205/

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