Bøger af Thomas Pichon

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Title: Genuine letters and memoirs, relating to the natural, civil, and commercial history of the Islands of Cape Breton, and Saint John: from the first settlement there, to the taking of Louisburg by the English, in 1758: in which, among many interesting particulars, the causes and previous events of the present war are explained.Author: Thomas PichonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02620800CollectionID: CTRG98-B1924PublicationDate: 17600101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "This book purports to be a series of [24] letters written from Louisbourg in 1752-58, and edited by the author," but was actually written by Pichon in London. See John Clarence Webster's Life of Thomas Pichon. (Sackville, N.B.: Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1937). Errata statement, p. xvi.Collation: xvi, 400 p.; 22 cm. (8vo)