A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF NORTH AMERICA: CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL BRITISH COLONIES ON THAT CONTINENT, INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF NEWFOUNDLAND, CAPE BRETON, &C. AS TO THEIR SITUATION, EXTENT, CLIMATE, SOIL, PRODUCE, RISE, GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, PRESENT BOUNDARIES, AND THE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS SUPPOSED TO BE IN EACH. ALSO OF THE INTERIOR, OR WESTERLY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, UPON THE RIVERS ST. LAURENCE, THE MISSISSIPI, CHRISTINO, AND THE GREAT LAKES. TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED, AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL NATIONS AND TRIBES OF INDIANS RESIDING IN THOSE PARTS... BY MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS.
London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by J. Millan, 1765. Half brown morocco and cloth [light wear], with gilt rules, spine bands, spine panels. vii, [1], 264 pp. Marbled endpapers. Small tape repair at leaf 59-60. Very Good. "Based largely on personal knowledge, this was the first geographical account..... More
