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Loading... A new voyage to Carolina (original 1709; edition 1967)by John Lawson
Work InformationA New Voyage to Carolina by John Lawson (1709)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Lawson was a surveyor/adventurer who made a journey through the Carolinas in the winter of 1700-1701. A New Voyage of Carolina is a journal of that journey, and a start on a natural history of the region and a Native American ethnography. This is a great edition, printed on good paper, with maps, illustrations and supporting documents. What I really wanted, however, was an attempt at matching the plants and animals Lawson describes to their current common or scientific names. Some things are easy to identify (sugar maples), and some nearly impossible (almond pine?). no reviews | add a review
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contains "The Second Charter," "An Abstract of the Constitution of Carolina," Lawson's will, and several previously unpublished letters written by Lawson.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. No library descriptions found. |
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He was hired to survey an area that was basically the mid east coast, South Carolina north to Virginia. He does so & his observations, comments & entire journey make for some fascinating reading. The wording & spelling is tough to get through sometimes. I've read it piecemeal over several years. The text & his map are free from Project Guttenberg. ( )