A narrative of a voyage, taken by Capt. James Vanleason, from Amsterdam to China; and from there to the western continent of North America : Where he found a vast number of Indians, and one of the largest rivers in the world, lying in the latitude of 53$ 30m. north. The owner of the ship, Mr. John Vandeluer, went in her as supercargo, and bought a great quantity of furs of the natives. : Also, an account of Mr. Vandeluer's being left behind, on the continent, by the misconduct of the ship's company, where he lived almost seven years. : Likewise, an account of his marriage with a sachem's or king's daughter, one of the Indian nations [as printed], by whom he had a son and a daughter. : With an account of his conversion, while in that western world; and the conversion of the king, or sachem, the queen, and all the sachem's family, with abundance of others. : Together with an account of his returning again to Holland, and his father in law; with all the sachem's family, where they now live happy, and are all in Christian love. /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 49599. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | According to Vail, R.W.G. The voice of the old frontier, 1949, this account is based on fact. The Vandelure captivity is also found in Alonso Decalves' New travels to the westward and Travels to the westward. The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is bound in a waste sheet of the June 18, 1800, issue of the Connecticut gazette, and the commercial intelligencer (New London : Printed by Samuel Green). Not in Evans or Bristol. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 45 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm. (duodecimo) |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Connecticut -- New London. |