Umständige geographische Beschreibung der zu allerletzt erfundenen Provintz Pensylvaniae [electronic resource] : in denen End-Gräntzen Americae in der West-Welt gelegen, / durch Franciscum Danielem Pastorium, J.V. Lic. und Friedens Richtern daselbsten. ; Worbey angehencket sind einige notable Begebenheiten, und Bericht-Schreiben an dessen Herrn vattern Melchiorem Adamum Pastorium, und andere gute Freunde
- Author
- Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 1651-1719
- Published
- Franckfurt und Leipzig : Zufinden bey Andreas Otto, 1700.
- Physical Description
- 12 unnumbered pages, 140 pages ; 17 cm (8vo)
- Additional Creators
- Pastorius, Melchior Adam, 1624-1702, Penn, William, 1644-1718, and Paskell, Thomas
Online Version
- archive.org , Free-to-read eBook from the Internet Archive
- Restrictions on Access
- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Subject(s)
- Other Subject(s)
- Collection
- John Carter Brown Library - Indigenous Collection (Internet Archive)
- Note
- "Zum Beschluss Folget des Eigen-Herrns und Ober-Haupts dieser Provintz selbst concepirte, und an seine-Freunde übersandte Beschreibung, deren Umstände notabel zu lesen sind", pages [121]-140, has divisional title page and is a slightly condensed reprint of: Beschreibung der in America neu-erfundenen Provinz Pensylvanien / by William Penn, first printed in Hamburg, 1684, the original texts of which were first printed under titles: A letter from William Penn poprietary [sic] and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the Committee of the Free Society of Traders, London, 1683, and An abstract of a letter from Thomas Paskell, London, 1683.
Pages 80-81 contain various specimens of an unidentified Indian language or languages. The Indian tribes who were living in Pennsylvania were the Lenape, Iroquois, Shawnee, Erie, Munsee, Susquehannock, and the Nanticoke.
Signatures: )( A-H (A1, H5 versos blank) I
Woodcut head and tail pieces; initials. - Reviewed/Cited In
- Palmer, P.M. German works on America, 370.
Baginsky, P. German works relating to America, 226.
Baer, E. Seventeenth century Maryland, 208.
Vail, R.W.G. Old frontier, 287.
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 700/212.
JCB Lib. cat., 1675-1700, 422.
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