Title Information
Non Sort
The
Title
British Empire in America
Subtitle
containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress and state of the British colonies on the continent and islands of America. Vol. I. Being an account of the country, soil, climate, product and trade of Newfoundland, New-England, New-Scotland, New-York, New-Jersey, Pensylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina, Georgia, Hudson's-Bay
Name: Personal (usage="primary")
Name Part
Oldmixon, (John)
Name Part: Terms of Address
Mr
Name Part: Date
1673-1742
Name: Personal
Name Part
Courtenay, W.
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 J. Brotherton, J. Clarke in Duck-Lane, A. Ward, J. Clarke at the Royal-Exchange, C. Hitch, J. Osbourn, E. Wicksteed, C. Bathurst, Timothy Saunders, and T. Harris
Date Issued
M DCC XLI. [1741]
Date Issued (encoding="marc")
1741
edition
Second edition, corrected and amended. /
Issuance
monographic
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Physical Description
Form (marcform)
print
Extent
2 v. : maps ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Note
First edition printed London, 1708; 1708 edition attributed to and signed "J. Oldmixon" in the dedication; this edition lacking printed name in dedication.
Note
Title of v. 2 reads: The British Empire in America, containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress and state of the British colonies, on the continent and islands of America. Vol. II. Being an account of the country, soil, climate, product and trade of Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincents, Dominico, Antego, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christophers, Barbuda, Anguila, Jamaica, Bahama, and Bermudas.
Note
All place names in title transcriptions in both v. 1 and v. 2 printed in 3 columns separated by single vertical rules.
Note
Includes a sample of unidentified New-England Indian language in v. 1, p. 90-91, a few words of unidentified New York Indian language in v. 1, p. 276, and a short vocabulary list of Eskimo to English in v. 1, p. 558 collected at Hudson's Bay.
Note
Pagination: v. 1: xxxiv, [2], 567, [1] p., [5] folded leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 478 p., [3] folded leaves of plates.
Note
Signatures: v. 1: A a b² B-2N 2O; v. 2: [A]1 B-2G 2H (-2H8)
Note
Includes general index at end of v. 2.
Note
Bookseller's advertisements: v. 1, p. [1-2], 2nd count and p. [1], 4th count.
Note
Woodcut tailpiece.
Subject
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Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Eskimo languages
Genre
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Subject
Topic
Indian linguistics
Topic
Eskimo languages
Subject
Topic
Booksellers' catalogs
Geographic
Great Britain
Temporal
1741
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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Title Information
Title
Alden, J.E. European Americana,
Part
Part Detail: Part
Part Number
741/164
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Title Information
Title
Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800,
Part
Part Detail: Part
Part Number
III: 675
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Title Information
Title
Cundall, F. West Indies,
Part
Part Detail: Part
Part Number
2000n
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Title Information
Title
Hanson
Part
Part Detail: Part
Part Number
940n
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Title Information
Title
Handler, J. Barbados history,
Part
Part Detail: Part
Part Number
p. 19-20
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Title Information
Title
ESTC
Part
Part Detail: Part
Part Number
T45485
Identifier: LCCN
16003736
Identifier: oclc
181590685
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Record Change Date (encoding="iso8601")
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