A New Voyage to CarolinaUniv of North Carolina Press, 1967 - 305 páginas John Lawson's amazingly detailed yet lively book is easily one of the most valuable of the early histories of the Carolinas, and it is certainly one of the best travel accounts of the early eighteenth-century colonies. An inclusive account of the manners and customs of the Indian tribes of that day, it is also a minute report of the soil, climate, trees, plants, animals, and fish in the Carolinas. Lawson's observation is keen and thorough; his style direct and vivid. He misses nothing and recounts all -- from the storms at sea to his impressions of New York in 1700, the trip down the coast to Charleston, and his travels from there into North Carolina with his Indian guides. The first edition of this work was published in London in 1709. While various editions followed in the eighteenth century -- including two in German -- this edition is a true copy of the original and is the first to include a comprehensive index. It also contains "The Second Charter," "An Abstract of the Constitution of Carolina," Lawson's will, and several previously unpublished letters written by Lawson. A number of DeBry woodcuts of John White's drawings of Indian life, sketches of the beasts of Carolina which appeared in the original 1709 edition, and Lawson's map contribute additional interest to this volume. |
Contenido
PREFACE | v |
INTRODUCTION | xi |
JOHN LAWSONS CAREER IN NORTH CAROLINA | xv |
THE LAWSON MAP | xxxix |
NATURALIST AND COLLECTOR OF BOTANICAL SPECIMENS | xl |
EDITIONS OF LAWSONS BOOK | xliv |
PLAGIARISMS OF LAWSON | lii |
A NEW VOYAGE CAROLINA | 1 |
Of The Herbs of Carolina | 83 |
THE PRESENT STATE OF Carolina | 86 |
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF Carolina | 96 |
The Beasts of Carolina are the | 120 |
Insects of Carolina | 131 |
Birds of Carolina | 140 |
Fish of Carolina | 155 |
AN ACCOUNT OF THE INDIANS OF North Carolina | 172 |
DEDICATION | 3 |
PREFACE | 5 |
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
A JOURNAL OF A Thousand Miles Travel among the Indians from South to North Carolina | 13 |
A DESCRIPTION OF NorthCarolina | 68 |
Of the Corn of Carolina | 80 |
THE SECOND CHARTER GRANTED BY KING CHARLES II TO THE Proprietors of Carolina | 249 |
AN ABSTRACT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF Carolina | 264 |
LETTERS FROM JOHN LAWSON TO JAMES PETIVER OF LONDON | 267 |
JOHN LAW SONS WILL | 274 |
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