Jonathan Carver's Travels Through America, 1766-69

An Eighteenth-century Explorer's Account of Uncharted America

Jonathan Carver (Autor)

Norman Gelb (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

1995 | New edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-11876-3 (ISBN)

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Jonathan Carver, a captain in the Massachusetts colonial militia, was commissioned in 1766 to chart the unknown regions of the American Mid-West. This journal of his three-year journey offers insights into Native American cultures, flora, fauna, climate and geography.

JONATHAN CARVER'S TRAVELS; OF THE ORIGIN, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, RELIGION, AND LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS; The Origin of the Indians; Of the Person and Dress of the Indians; Of the Manners and Customs of the Indians; The Indian Method of Reckoning Time; Of the Government of the Indians; Of Their Feasts and Dances; Of Their Hunting; Of Their Manner of Making War; Of Their Manner of Making Peace; Of Their Games; Of Their Marriage Ceremonies; Of Their Religion; Of Their Diseases; Of the Manner in Which They Treat Their Dead; A Concise Character of the Indians; Of Their Hieroglyphicks; Of the Beasts Which Are Found in the Interior Parts of North America; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.5.1995
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	141 x 221 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-471-11876-1 / 0471118761
ISBN-13	978-0-471-11876-3 / 9780471118763
Zustand	Neuware