A new voyage to Carolina / by John Lawson ; edited with an introduction and notes by Hugh Talmage Lefler.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0807841269
- ISBN: 9780807841266
- Physical Description: liv, 305 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 27 cm
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1967]
- Copyright: ©1967
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- First edition, London, 1709, published under title : A new voyage to Carolina. Reissued with new title: The history of Carolina ... London, W. Taylor, [etc] 1714.NC Cardinal: Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Preface -- Introduction -- Lawson's long trail -- John Lawson's career in North Carolina -- The Lawson map -- Naturalist and collector of botanical specimens -- Editions of Lawson's books -- Plagiarisms of Lawson -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction -- A journal of a thousand miles travel among the Indians, from South to North Carolina -- A description Of North Carolina -- Of the corn of Carolina -- Of the herbs of Carolina -- The present state Of Carolina -- The natural history Of Carolina -- Of the vegetables of Carolina -- The beasts of Carolina -- Insects of Carolina -- Birds of Carolina -- Fish of Carolina -- An account of the Indians Of North Carolina -- Appendixes -- The second charter granted by King Charles II to the proprietors of Carolina -- An abstract of the Constitution of Carolina -- Letters from John Lawson to James Petiver of London -- John Lawson's will.
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