Travels into North America : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects / by Peter Kalm ; translated into English by John Reinhold Forster.

Main entry:

Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779.

Title & Author:

Publication:

London : The editor, 1770-71.

Description:

3 volumes. : plates, fold. map ; 21 cm.

Notes:
Vol. 1 published at Warrington, printed by W. Eyres. Vols. 2 & 3 published at London, printed by W. Eyres and sold by T. Lowndes, 1771
Vols. 2-3 have imprint: London : Printed for the editor; and sold by T. Lowndes, 1771.
First English edition.
Pagination: v. 1: xvi, 400 p., 1 leaf of plates; v. 2: [10], [3]-352 p., [3] leaves of plates; v. 3: viii, 310, [14] p.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Library copy: imperfect: 2 plates and map wanting

Summary:

Peter Kalm (1716-79) was a Finnish-Swedish botanist who travelled extensively to observe the natural world in Sweden, Finland, Russia and Ukraine, and became a professor of 'oeconomie' - the economic application of subjects such as mineralogy, botany, zoology and chemistry - at the university of Turku. Between 1747 and 1751 he set out on a journey through eastern North America to gather specimens, especially from regions with a similar climate to Sweden. Because Kalm travelled though the area when much of it was still unknown to Europeans, this work has some of the first recorded accounts of places such as Niagara Falls. Kalm played an important part in forging scientific links between Sweden, England and North America. This three-volume work details his travels, and was first published in English in 1770-1. Volume 2 gives detailed descriptions of the plants and animals Kalm observes in New Jersey and New York.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

9780999864401 (v. 1)
0999864408 (v. 1)
9780999864418 (v. 2)
0999864416 (v. 2)
9780999864425 (v. 3)
0999864424 (v. 3)

Subject:

Natural history United States.
Natural history Canada.
Scientific expeditions.
Sciences naturelles États-Unis.
Sciences naturelles Canada.
Expéditions scientifiques.
Natural history.
Travel.
United States Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Canada Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Canada.
New Jersey.
New York (State)
Pennsylvania.
Québec.
United States.
United States Description and travel 1783.
Canada Description and travel

Form/genre:

Early works.
Engravings.
Subscribers' lists England 18th century.

Added entries:

Gibson, John, engraver.
Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798, translator.
Eyres, William, 1734- printer.
Lowndes, Thomas, 1719-1784, bookseller.
Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798.
Great Britain England London.
Great Britain England Warrington.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 107612
Call No.: 6032
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage 107611
Call No.: 6032
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library cage 107610
Call No.: 6032
Copy: v. 3
Status: Available

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