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Book/Printed Material A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives. Embellished with two plates ...

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Title

  • A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives. Embellished with two plates ...

Names

  • Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821.
  • Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815.

Created / Published

  • Middletown [Conn.]: Printed by Loomis and Richards, and re-printed by R. Hurst, Wakefield [Eng.] and published by T. Tegg, London; and sold by all booksellers, 1820.

Headings

  • -  Nuu-chah-nulth Indians
  • -  Indian captivities
  • -  Nootka Sound (B.C.)
  • -  Nuu-chah-nulth language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • iv, [5]-208 p. front. (port.) pl. 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F1089.N8 J34

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 20005266

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Jewitt, John R, and Richard Alsop. A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives. Embellished with two plates. [Middletown Conn.: Printed by Loomis and Richards, and re-printed by R. Hurst, Wakefield Eng. and published by T. Tegg, London; and sold by all booksellers, 1820] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/20005266/.

APA citation style:

Jewitt, J. R. & Alsop, R. (1820) A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives. Embellished with two plates. [Middletown Conn.: Printed by Loomis and Richards, and re-printed by R. Hurst, Wakefield Eng. and published by T. Tegg, London; and sold by all booksellers] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/20005266/.

MLA citation style:

Jewitt, John R, and Richard Alsop. A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives. Embellished with two plates. [Middletown Conn.: Printed by Loomis and Richards, and re-printed by R. Hurst, Wakefield Eng. and published by T. Tegg, London; and sold by all booksellers, 1820] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/20005266/>.