02833cam a2200349 a 4500001001300000003000400013005001700017008004100034010001700075040002500092043002100117050001300138051004800151100003600199245091800235260005001153300011701203500008001320500013101400500035201531500007001883510002601953500012001979561000802099651006102107651005802168650005102226700007002277700005902347710006002406999001702466rc 01002726 DLC20260227111907.0810223s1659    enkabf        000 0 eng    arc 01002726   aDLCcCarPdDLCedcrb  an------an-usn--00aF7b.G66  aThacher A721cImperfect: t.p. in facsimile.1 aGorges, Ferdinando,d1629-1718.10aAmerica painted to the life :bthe true history of the Spaniards proceedings in the conquests of the Indians, and of their civil wars among themselves, from Columbus his first discovery to these later times : as also, of the original undertakings of the advancement of plantations into those parts, with a perfect relation of our English discoveries, shewing their beginning, progress and continuance from the year 1628 to 1658 : declaring the forms of their government, policies, religions, maners, customs, military discipline, wars with the Indians, the commodities of their countries, a description of their towns and havens, the increase of their trading, with the names of their governors and magistrates : more especially, an absolute narrative of the north parts of America, and of the discoveries and plantations of our English in Virginia, New England, and Berbadoes /cpublisht by Ferdinando Gorges ...  aLondon :bPrinted for Nath. Brook ...,c1659.  a[6], 51, [3], 57, [5], 239 [i.e.236], [4], 52, [20] p., [2] folded leaves of plates :bill., map ;c19 cm. (4to)  aIn 4 pts., each with separate t.p. and pagination. Pts. 2-4 are dated 1658.  aTitle of pt. 2: A briefe  narration of the originall undertakings of the advancement of plantations into the parts of America.  aPt. 3 is a reprint, with new t.p. and preface, of Edward Johnson's History of New-England, and has same running title: Wonder-working Providence of Sions Saviour, in New England. After publication, Gorges publicly accused the publisher of inserting it without his knowledge. Cf. Stevens, Henry. Steven's historical collections, 1881, pt. 1, p. 36.  aSignatures: A⁴(-A4) B-P⁴, ²[A]² B-2G⁴ 2H², ³A² B-K⁴.4 aWing (2nd ed.)bG1302  aLC copy imperfect: pt. 1 wants signatures A1-3, and both plates. Facsim. has been substituted for missing t.p.5DLC  5DLC 0aAmericaxDiscovery and explorationvEarly works to 1800. 0aNew EnglandxHistoryyColonial period, ca. 1600-1775. 0aIndians of North AmericavEarly works to 1800.1 aWalpole, Horatio Walpole,cBaron,d1678-1757,eformer owner.5DLC12aJohnson, Edward,d1599?-1672.tHistory of New-England.2 aJohn Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)5DLC  c52384d52384