Publisher's Synopsis
Title: Geschichte der Kriege in und ausser Europa vom Anfange des Aufstandes der brittischen Kolonien in Nordamerika an.
Author: Christoph Heinrich Korn
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP01323602
CollectionID: CTRG94-B3069
PublicationDate: 17770101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: Authorship according to Kayser, Holzmann & Bohatta, Palmer and Dippel. Last part (pt. 30) written after the author's death by an anonymous person. Account based on various documents and letters, many of them translated from English, French, Spanish and Dutch sources. Intended to be collected in three volumes, with 10 parts each (see statements on the title pages of parts 10, 20 and 30: Mit einem Register über den ersten [-dritten] Band); however, no volume title pages were published. Title from part 9, 1777, onwards shortened to: Geschichte der Kriege in und ausser Europa, with varying subtitles. Parts 1-2 lack imprint. Parts 11/12 and 27/28 published as double numbers. Dates of publication: 1776 (pts. 1-2); 1777 (pts. 3-9); 1778 (pts. 10-16); 1779 (pts. 17-20); 1780 (pt. 21); 1781 (pts. 22-24); 1782 (pts. 25-26); 1783 (pts. 27/28-29); 1784 (pt. 30). Vignette on many title pages (lacking in parts 7-16, 18-21). Errors in paging. Includes indexes. Includes index.
Collation: 30 parts: ill., maps (some col.); 22-24 cm. (4to)
