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<dl><dd>Dedication signed: J.F.S. [i.e. Johann Friedrich Schröter]</dd>
<dd>The first part, comprising most of v. 1, is a translation of J.F. Lafitau's Moeurs des sauvages americains comparées aux moeurs des premiers tems. Part 2 is compiled from various sources, and includes Das chronologische Verzeichnis der Entdeckungen der Newen Welt, translated from Charlevoix's Histoire et description generale de la Nouvelle France, 1745 (i.e. 1744)</dd>
<dd>Lib. Company. Afro-Americana</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>Plates engraved by Johann David Schleuen</dd>
<dd>Binding: old calf; gilt spine; sprinkled edges</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Slavery; Indians</div>
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<dl><dd>Schröter, Johann Friedrich, 1710-1788</dd>
<dd>Baumgarten, Siegmund Jakob, 1706-1757</dd>
<dd>Lafitau, Joseph-François, 1681-1746. Moeurs des sauvages americains comparées aux moeurs des premiers tems. German</dd>
<dd>Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761. Histoire et description generale de la Nouvelle France. Selections. German</dd>
<dd>Gebauer, Johann Justinus, 1710-1772</dd>
<dd>Schleuen, Johann David, fl. 1740-1774</dd></dl></div>
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