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A view of the soil and climate of the United States of America: with supplementary remarks upon Florida; on the French colonies on the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada; and on the aboriginal tribes of America

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Year:
1804
Contributor:
Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810
Apthorp, George Henry, fl. 1824
Subject:
n-us---
Meteorology > United States
Indians of North America
French > Mississippi River Valley
Miami language (Ind. and Okla.) > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Indian linguistics > Miami language (Ind. and Okla.)
United States > Description and travel
Imprint 1804.
United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Extent:
xxviii, 446, [2] p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm. (4to)

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By C.F. Volney, member of the conservative Senate, &c. &c. ; translated, with occasional remarks, by C.B. Brown. ; With maps and plates.
Translation of: Tableau du climat et du sol des États-Unis d'Amérique, first published Paris, 1803.
Signatures: [a] b-c d² A-3K (leaf 3K4 blank)
Supplement (p. [265]-439) contains: On the winds of Norway and Sweden.--On Florida and the work of Bernard Romans.--On Belknap's History of New Hampshire, and Williams's History of Vermont.--On Gallipolis, or the Scioto colony.--On the French colonies on the Wabash, &c.--On the Indians of North America.--Vocabulary of the Miami language.

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"A view of the soil and climate of the United States of America: with supplementary remarks upon Florida; on the French colonies on the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada; and on the aboriginal tribes of America " (1804). John Carter Brown Library. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:576782/

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