South Carolina - Description and travel - Early works to 1800
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A new voyage to Georgia . By a young gentleman. Giving an account of his travels to South Carolina, and part of North Carolina. To which is added, a curious account of the Indians. By an honourable person. And a poem to James Oglethorpe, Esq; on his Arrival from Georgia.
Young gentlemanDate: [1737]- E-books
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A letter from South Carolina : giving an account of the soil, air, product, trade, government, laws, religion, people, military strength, &c. of that province : together with the manner and necessary charges of settling a plantation there, and the annual profit it will produce / written by a Swiss gentleman to his friend at Bern [id est Thomas Nairne].
Nairne, Thomas, -1715.Date: 1710- E-books
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A letter from South Carolina giving an account of the soil, air, product, trade, government, Laws, Religion, People, Military Strength, &c. of that province. Together, With the Manner and necessary Charges of Settling a Plantation there, and the Annual Profit it will produce. Written by a Swiss gentleman, to his friend at Bern.
Nairn, Thomas, d. 1715.Date: [1718]- E-books
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The history of Carolina containing the exact description and natural history of that country; Together with the Present State thereof. And a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians. Giving a particular Account of their Customs, Manners, &c. By John Lawson, Gent. Surveyor-General of North-Carolina.
Lawson, John, d. 1712.Date: [1718]- E-books
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A description of South Carolina containing, Many curious and interesting Particulars relating to the Civil, Natural and Commercial history of that colony, viz. The Succession of European Settlers there; Grants of English Charters; Boundaries; Constitution of the Government; Taxes; Number of Inhabitants, and of the neighbouring Indian Nations, &c. The Nature of the Climate; Tabular Accounts of the Altitudes of the Barometer Monthly for Four Years, of the Depths of Rain Monthly for Eleven Years, and of the Winds Direction Daily for One Year, &c. The Culture and Produce of Rice, Indian Corn, and Indigo; the Process of extracting Tar and Turpentine; the State of their Maritime Trade in the Years 1710, 1723, 1740 and 1748, with the Number or Tonnage of Shipping employed, and the Species, Quantities and Values of their Produce exported in One Year, &c. To which is added, A very particular Account of their Rice-Trade for Twenty Years, with their Exports of Raw Silk and Imports of British Silk Manufactures for Twenty - five Years.
Glen, James, 1701-1777.Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]