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050 0 0 _aF7
_b.G66
051 _aThacher A721
_cImperfect: t.p. in facsimile.
100 1 _aGorges, Ferdinando,
_d1629-1718.
245 1 0 _aAmerica 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 ...
260 _aLondon :
_bPrinted for Nath. Brook ...,
_c1659.
300 _a[6], 51, [3], 57, [5], 239 [i.e.236], [4], 52, [20] p., [2] folded leaves of plates :
_bill., map ;
_c19 cm. (4to)
500 _aIn 4 pts., each with separate t.p. and pagination. Pts. 2-4 are dated 1658.
500 _aTitle of pt. 2: A briefe narration of the originall undertakings of the advancement of plantations into the parts of America.
500 _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.
500 _aSignatures: A⁴(-A4) B-P⁴, ²[A]² B-2G⁴ 2H², ³A² B-K⁴.
510 4 _aWing (2nd ed.)
_bG1302
500 _aLC copy imperfect: pt. 1 wants signatures A1-3, and both plates. Facsim. has been substituted for missing t.p.
_5DLC
561 _5DLC
651 0 _aAmerica
_xDiscovery and exploration
_vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 _aNew England
_xHistory
_yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
650 0 _aIndians of North America
_vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 _aWalpole, Horatio Walpole,
_cBaron,
_d1678-1757,
_eformer owner.
_5DLC
700 1 2 _aJohnson, Edward,
_d1599?-1672.
_tHistory of New-England.
710 2 _aJohn Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
_5DLC
999 _c52384
_d52384