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France in America


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A description of the English province of Carolana, by the Spaniards, called Florida, and by the French La Louisiana. As also of the great and famous river Meschacebe or Mississippi, the five vast navigable lakes of fresh water, and the parts adjacent ... By Daniel Coxe.

Coxe, Daniel, 1673-1739.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Philadelphia, New York [etc.] 1846-53.

NOTES
First edition, London, 1722.

The province of Carolana, claimed by the author as proprietor under a grant from King Charles I, included the territory extending from the Atlantic Ocean to New Mexico, between the 30th and 36th parallels of latitude.

SUBJECTS
Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel.

RELATED TITLES
Carolana.

MEDIUM
p. [221]-276. 23 cm.

CALL NUMBER
F366 .F87 vol. 2

PART OF
French, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-1877, ed. Historical collections of Louisiana v. 2, p. [221]-276

DIGITAL ID
rbfr 0008_0237 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbfr.0008_0237

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Issued as part of: Historical collections of Louisiana, embracing translations of many rare and valuable documents relating to the natural, civil and political history of that state)
(France in America: Selections from the LC Rare Books and Special Collections Division Description)

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