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Title

  • Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana

Other Title

  • Half title: Travels through Louisiana

Names

  • Bossu, M., 1720-1792.
  • Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798.
  • Löfling, Per, 1729-1756.
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for T. Davies ..., 1771.

Headings

  • -  Louisiana--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
  • -  Indians of North America--Mississippi River Valley--Early works to 1800
  • -  Indians of North America--Southern States--Early works to 1800
  • -  Haiti--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
  • -  Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
  • -  Plants--Spain--Classification
  • -  Plants--America--Classification
  • -  Plants--South America--Classification

Notes

  • -  Published originally under title: Nouveaux voyages aux Indes Occidentales, Paris, 1768, and comprising the author's observations during his first two visits to the country, 1751-1757 and 1757-1762.
  • -  The systematic catalogue of plants (v. 2, p. [17]-67) also published separately as Flora Americae Septentrionalis.
  • -  "An abstract of the most useful and necessary articles mentioned by Peter Loefling, botanist to His Catholic Majesty, in his travels through Spain, and that part of South America called Cumana, consisting in his life, and in systematical descriptions of the plants of both countries, referred to the pages of the original Swedish edition.": v. 2, p. [69]-422.
  • -  Includes index.
  • -  Graff Coll. 363
  • -  Sabin 6466
  • -  Clark, T.D. Old South, 5
  • -  ESTC T143882
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1997.022.00.0001

Medium

  • 2 v. ; 20 cm. (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F372 .B74
  • F372 .B74 Copy 4 Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 01008753

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bossu, M, Johann Reinhold Forster, Per Löfling, Jay I. Kislak Collection, and Pre-1801 Imprint Collection. Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana. London: Printed for T. Davies, 1771. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/01008753/.

APA citation style:

Bossu, M., Forster, J. R., Löfling, P., Jay I. Kislak Collection & Pre-1801 Imprint Collection. (1771) Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana. London: Printed for T. Davies. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/01008753/.

MLA citation style:

Bossu, M, et al. Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana. London: Printed for T. Davies, 1771. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/01008753/>.