Title Information
Non Sort
The
Title
British empire in America
Subtitle
containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress and present state of all the British colonies, on the continent and islands of America. In two volumes. Being an account of the country, soil, climate, product and trade of them, viz. Vol. I. Newfoundland, New-Scotland, New-England, New-York, New-Jersey, Pensylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina and Hudson's-Bay. Vol. II. Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincents, Dominico, Antego, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christophers, Barbuda, Anguilla, Jamaica, the Bahama and Bermudas Islands. With curious maps of the several places done from the newest surveys
Name: Personal (usage="primary")
Name Part
Oldmixon, (John)
Name Part: Terms of Address
Mr
Name Part: Date
1673-1742
Name: Personal
Name Part
Moll, Herman
Name Part: Date
d. 1732
Name: Personal
Name Part
Robinson, A.
Role
Role Term: Code (marcrelator)
fmo
Type of Resource
text
Origin Information
Place
Place Term: Code (MARC Country Code)
enk
Place
Place Term: Text
London
Publisher
Printed for John Nicholson at the King's Arms in Little Britain, Benjamin Tooke at the Middle-Temple-Gate, Fleetstreet, and Richard Parker and Ralph Smith under the piazza of the Royal Exchange
Date Issued
1708
Issuance
monographic
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Physical Description
Form (marcform)
print
Extent
2 v. : maps ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Note: Statement of Responsibility (altRepGroup="00")
By Herman Moll, geographer.
Note
In fact by, John Oldmixon, who signs the dedicatiion in v. 1, p. vi.
Note
Volume II has title: The British empire in America, containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress and present state of all the British colonies on the continent and islands of America. The second volume. Being an account of the country, soil, climate, product and trade of Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincents, Dominico, Antego, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christophers, Barbuda, Anguilla, Jamaica, the Bahama and Bermudas Islands. With curious maps of the several places done from the newest surveys. By Herman Moll, geographer.
Note
All locations in title transcription in both v. 1 and 2 are printed in two columns separated by single vertical rules; "The Bahama and Bermudas Islands" are grouped together with "The Bahama and Bermudas" printed in the second column and "Islands" printed to the right of a parenthesis grouping them together.
Note
Includes a sample of unidentified New-England Indian language in v. 1, p. 101, a few words of unidentified New York Indian language in v. 1, p. 123, and a short vocabulary list of Eskimo to English in v. 1, p. 401 collected at Hudson's Bay.
Note
Pagination: v. 1: xxxviii, [2], 412 p., [5] folded leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 382, [34] p., [3] folded leaves of plates.
Note
Signatures: v. 1: A a b B-2C 2D; v. 2: [A]1 B-2D (2C1 missigned C)
Note
Errata: v. 1, p. [2], 2nd count.
Note
Includes general index at end of v. 2.
Note
Bookseller's advertisements: v. 2, p. 382, p. [1-2], 2nd and 3rd count.
Note
Title pages printed within double rule border.
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Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Eskimo languages
Genre
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Subject
Topic
Booksellers' catalogs
Geographic
Great Britain
Temporal
1708
Subject
Topic
Indian linguistics
Topic
Eskimo languages
Subject (LCSH)
Geographic
United States
Topic
History
Temporal
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Subject (LCSH)
Geographic
West Indies, British
Subject (LCSH)
Geographic
Great Britain
Topic
Colonies
Geographic
America
Subject
hierarchicalGeographic
country
England
city
London
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Identifier: LCCN
02011914
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