A view of the soil and climate of the United States of America : with supplementary remarks upon Florida, on the French colonies on the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada, and on the aboriginal tribes of America /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Volney, C.-F. 1757-1820.
Corporate Author: T. & G. Palmer (Firm), (Printer)
Contributors: Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810, (Translator), Hooker, William, 1782-1856, (Engraver), Tiebout, Cornelius, 1773?-1832, (Engraver)
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Philadelphia : Baltimore : Washington City : Petersburg : Norfolk : published by J. Conrad & Co. ; M. & J. Conrad & Co. ; Rapin, Conrad & Co. ; Somervell & Conrad ; Bonsal, Conrad & Co., 1804.
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Online Access:http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00112903616
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00090868524
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/2576012R
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Table of Contents:
  • Extent and divisions of the United States
  • Face of the country
  • Niagara and other falls
  • Earthquakes and volcanoes
  • Of the climate
  • Of the winds
  • Of the north-west wind
  • United States compared with Europe, as to winds, rain, &c.
  • Lunar and solar influence on the winds and change of weather
  • Prevailing diseases in the United States
  • Supplement.
  • Supplement (p. [265]-439) contains: On the winds of Norway and Sweden
  • On Florida and the work of Bernard Romans
  • On Belknap's History of New Hampshire, and William's History of Vermont
  • On Gallipolis, or the Scioto colony
  • On the French colonies on the Wabash, & c
  • On the Indians of North America
  • Vocabulary of the Miami language.