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Kort beskrifning om provincien Nya Swerige uti America, : som nu förtjden af the Engelske kallas Pensylvania.

An account of the earliest Swedish settlement in America compiled from manuscripts left by the author's grandfather and by Peter Lindstrom, an engineer and cartographer in the colony, and from oral sources.

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Main Author: Holm, Thomas Campanius, approximately 1670-1702.
Contributors: Holm, Thomas Campanius, approximately 1670-1702, (Engraver), Lindeström, Peter Mårtensson, 1632-1691, (Illustrator), Werner, Johan Heinrich, -1735, (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:Swedish
Published: Stockholm : Tryckt uti Kongl. boktr. hos S. Wankijfs änkia, med egen bekostnad, af J.H. Werner, åhr MDCCII. [1702]
Subjects and Genres:
1600-1775
Swedish Americans > Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) > Early works to 1800.
Indians of North America > Languages > Early works to 1800.
Indians of North America > Languages > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. > Early works to 1800.
Indians of North America > Social life and customs > Early works to 1800.
Indians of North America > Languages.
Indians of North America > Social life and customs.
Swedish Americans.
Travel.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Early works to 1800.
Delaware > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Early works to 1800.
Maryland > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Early works to 1800.
New Jersey > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Early works to 1800.
Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Early works to 1800.
New Sweden > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Sweden > Colonies > America > Early works to 1800.
America.
Delaware.
Maryland.
New Jersey.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
United States > Delaware River Valley.
United States > New Sweden.
Engravings.
Maps.
Early works.
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
History.
Relief prints.
Intaglio prints.
Maps > Pennsylvania.
Maps > Delaware.
Maps > Western Hemisphere.
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Summary: An account of the earliest Swedish settlement in America compiled from manuscripts left by the author's grandfather and by Peter Lindstrom, an engineer and cartographer in the colony, and from oral sources.
Item Description: Engravings by Thomas Campanius Holm from his own drawings and those, including maps, by Peter Lindeström.
Errors in paging: p. 50, 111, 160, 162, 163, 166, 183, 184 misprinted 10, 111, 601, 126, 103, 66, 175, and 174.
Signatures: a-b⁴ A-2A⁴ (2A4 verso blank).
Title in red and black; title vignette; decorative head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Dedication on title page verso.
Errata on p. [191].
Imperfect: frontispiece and 1 pl. wanting.
Physical Description: [16], 190, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm (4to)
Place of Publication: Sweden -- Stockholm.

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