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Peter Kalm's travels in North America : the english version of 1770

Kalm, Pehr 1716-1779 (Author). Benson, Adolph B. (Adolph Burnett), 1881-1962 (Added Author).
Book  - 19661937
LHC 917 K14 v.1
2 copies / 0 on hold

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Subject
United States > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779 > Diaries.
Natural history > United States.
Scientific expeditions.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Indigenous peoples > North America.
United States > Description and travel.
Canada > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Natural history > Canada.
Genre
Autobiographies.
Diaries.
  • Physical Description print
    2 volumes (xvii, 797 pages) : illustrations, maps (part folded) ; 22 cm
  • Publisher New York : Dover Publications, [1966, c1937]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes only those portions of the original work dealing with the United States and Canada. "The hitherto untranslated portion ... has been done into English by Miss Edith M. L. Carlborg ... and the present editor. The remainder ... is based on Forster's translation."
With a translation of new material from Kalm's diary notes.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 770-776).