Description
- Notes:
- By William VVood.
- Folded map has title: South part of New England, as it is planted this yeare, 1639.
- Includes a selection of vocabulary in the Massachuset language with the names of kings, rivers, months and days: p. [1-5], 3rd group.
- First published: London, 1634.
- Signatures: A-M
- Errors in paging: p. 17, 53 and 56 misnumbered 9, 55 and 48 respectively.
- Woodcut ornament on title page; head pieces; initials.
Citation
"New Englands prospect:
A true, lively, and experimentall description of that part of America, commonly called New England: discovereing the state of that country, both as it stands to our new-come English planters; and to the old native inhabitants. Laying down that which may both enrich the knowledge of the mind-travelling reader, or benefit the future voyager
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(1639).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:576547/
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