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New travels to the westward, or, Unknown parts of America being a tour of almost fouteeen [sic] months : containing, an account of the country, upwards of two thousand miles west of the Christian parts of North-America : with an account of white Indians, their manners, habits, and many other particulars
- Title
- New travels to the westward, or, Unknown parts of America [electronic resource] : being a tour of almost fouteeen [sic] months : containing, an account of the country, upwards of two thousand miles west of the Christian parts of North-America : with an account of white Indians, their manners, habits, and many other particulars / by Don Alonso Decalves ; confirmed by three other persons.
- Author
- Decalves, Alonso.
- Publication
- Boston : Printed and sold by John W. Folsom ... sold also by Benjamin Larkin, [1788]
Details
- Description
- [2], vi, [1], 7-45 [i.e., 7-44], [1] p.; 18 cm. (8vo)
- Alternative Title
- Unknown parts of America.
- New travels to unknown parts of America.
- Subject
- Note
- Fictitious account of an overland trip from New Orleans to the Northwest coast in 1786-7. The account of John Vandelure's captivity among the Indians is, however, based on fact.
- Half-title: New travels to unknown parts of America.
- Advertised as "just published" in the Boston gazette, May 19, 1788. Evans (entry 30321) mistakenly records this edition a second time with imprint date [1796]
- Error in paging: p. 44 misnumbered 45. Odd numbered pages printed on versos in main sequence of pagination.
- GEO-105.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 98445.
- Indexed In (note)
- RLIN
- Reproduction (note)
- Electronic reproduction.
- OCLC
- CTRG10176889-B
- Author
- Decalves, Alonso.
- Title
- New travels to the westward, or, Unknown parts of America [electronic resource] : being a tour of almost fouteeen [sic] months : containing, an account of the country, upwards of two thousand miles west of the Christian parts of North-America : with an account of white Indians, their manners, habits, and many other particulars / by Don Alonso Decalves ; confirmed by three other persons.
- Imprint
- Boston : Printed and sold by John W. Folsom ... sold also by Benjamin Larkin, [1788]
- Indexed In:
- RLIN, CTRG10176889-B
- Reproduction
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Connect to:
- Added Title
- Unknown parts of America.New travels to unknown parts of America.