A New Voyage to Carolina
 Title page of 1first edition | |
| Author | John Lawson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Colonial history of America |
Publication date | 1709 |
A New Voyage to Carolina[note 1] is a 1709 book by the English explorer and naturalist John Lawson. It is considered one of colonial America's most comprehensive accounts of Native American civilization. Lawson arrived in Charleston, and proceeded to trek through the back country and Upstate South Carolina, and on to New Bern and Virginia. The expedition lasted from 1700 to 1701, but the book was published only after Lawson served as the king's surveyor for the region.[2][3][4][5]
The book was reprinted in the next decade as The History of Carolina[note 2] . Lawson was subsequently captured, tortured, and executed by the Tuscarora people (a tribe documented in the book) during a period of resistance to colonial depredation.[6]
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- ^ Full title, A New Voyage to Carolina, containing the exact Description and Natural History of that Country, together with the present state thereof, and a journal of a Thousand Miles Travel'd through several Nations of Indians, giving a particular Account of their Customs, Manners, etc..[1]
- ^ Full title, The history of Carolina; containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof. And a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians, giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c.
References
- ^ Seccombe, Thomas (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 32. pp. 294–295.
- ^ Wade, Charles B., Jr. (1968-04-01). "A New Voyage to Carolina by John Lawson". South Atlantic Quarterly. 67 (2): 383–384. doi:10.1215/00382876-67-2-383. ISSN 0038-2876.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lindgren, W. H. (1972). "Agricultural Propaganda in Lawson's "A New Voyage to Carolina"". The North Carolina Historical Review. 49 (4): 333–344. ISSN 0029-2494.
- ^ Diket, A. L. (1966). "The Noble Savage Convention as Epitomized in John Lawson's: "A New Voyage to Carolina"". The North Carolina Historical Review. 43 (4): 413–429. ISSN 0029-2494.
- ^ Shields, E. Thomson (2011). ""A New Voyage to Carolina": Publication History of a Classic of North Caroliniana". The North Carolina Historical Review. 88 (3): 298–311. ISSN 0029-2494.
- ^ "A New Voyage to Carolina by Marcus B. Simpson Jr., 2006". Ncpedia.org. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- John Lawson (1709). "A New Voyage to Carolina; Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of That Country: Together with the Present State Thereof. And a Journal of a Thousand Miles, Travel'd Thro' Several Nations of Indians. Giving a Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, &c". Docsouth.unc.edu. Retrieved 30 May 2022.