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  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the present situation of the United States of America
    sub title: comprehending a description of the United States ... : To which is prefixed, a general account of the discovery of America, by Columbus; general description of the whole continent of America, and the numerous tribes of American Indians, their manners, customs, &c. &c. : And to which is added, a view of the present state of the Spanish, French, English and Dutch possessions in America and the West-India islands. : Also, an appendix, containing various interesting and valuable papers and instructions relative to cultivating tobacco, rice, maize, sugar, maple tree. &c. : In four volumes. Illustrated with numerous large maps, charts, and plates. : Volume the first[-IVth]
  name:
    name part: Winterbotham, William
    name part: 1763-1829
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Scoles, John
    name part: 1772?-1853
    role:
      role term: engraver.
  name:
    name part: Rollinson, William
    name part: 1762-1842
    role:
      role term: engraver.
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 1795
    date issued: 1796
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 4 volumes : [4] portraits ; 24 cm. (octavo)
  note: By the Rev. W. Winterbotham.
  note: Of volumes 1-2 Evans notes "To be completed in thirty-two numbers--one every fortnight--beginning March 4, 1795."
  note: Title of volumes 3-4 (published in 1796) varies: An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies. By W. Winterbotham. The first American edition, with additions and corrections. Volume 1 and 2 were reissued in 1796 with that title (cf. Evans 31647).
  note: Portraits engraved by John Scoles and William Rollinson.
  note: Volume 1: [2], 590 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 2: [2], 493, [1] pages; volume 3, [4], 519, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates; volume 4, [4], 516, [8] pages.
  note: Errors in paging: volume 3, pages 48, 191, 236 and 296 misnumbered 28, 192, 218 and 294; volume 4, pages 295-296 and 318 misnumbered 285, 297 and 218.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Evans 29912
  note: Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
  note: Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29912).
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Washington, George
      name part: 1732-1799
    genre: Portraits
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Franklin, Benjamin
      name part: 1706-1790
    genre: Portraits
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Winterbotham, William
      name part: 1763-1829
    genre: Portraits
  subject:
    topic: Zoology
    geographic: America
  subject:
    geographic: America
    topic: Description and travel
  subject:
    geographic: America
    topic: History
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Description and travel
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
  subject:
    geographic: West Indies
    topic: Description and travel
  subject:
    geographic: West Indies
    topic: History
  subject:
    hierarchical geographic:
      country: United States
      state: New York
      city: New York
  subject:
    hierarchical geographic:
      country: United States
      state: Pennsylvania
      city: Philadelphia
  related item:
    note: Evans 29912
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Early American imprints. no. 29912
      part number: Series I
      part name: Evans (1639-1800)
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  record info:
    record content source: MWA
    record creation date: 840320
    record change date: 20260331152019.9
    record identifier: in00002183911