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An account of the European settlements in America [electronic resource] : In six parts ... Each part contains an accurate description of the settlements in it, their extent, climate, productions, trade, genius and dispositions of their inhabitants: the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements; and their political and commercial views with regard to each other : In two volumes

Author: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Published: Dublin : printed for Peter Wilson, in Dame-Street, 1762.
Edition: The fourth edition, with improvements.
Physical Description: 2 volumes ; 18 cm (12mo)
Additional Creators: Burke, William, 1730-1798

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(from t.p.) I. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world -- II. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants -- III. Of the Spanish settlements -- IV. Of the Portuguese -- V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish -- VI. Of the English.

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Probably the joint work of Edmund and William Burke; usually attributed to Edmund (cf. Dict. of nat. biog.).
Publisher's advertisement final page vol. 1.
Imperfect: lacking v. 2.
With bookseller's ticket stating: Sold by John Dunlap ... Philadelphia. Inscribed with a list of "the greatest men."

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Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa.: NewsBank, inc., 2014. Available via the World Wide Web. Access restricted to Readex Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922: From the Library Company of Philadelphia subscribers.

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English short title catalogue T006288
Todd, W.B. Bibl. of Edmund Burke, 4k
Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 1811

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