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Peter Kalm's travels in North America; the America of 1750; the English version of 1770, rev. from the original Swedish and edited by Adolph B. Benson, with a translation of new material from Kalm's diary notes.

Author: Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779.

Imprint:New York : Dover Publications, [1966, c1937]

Description2 v. (xvii, 797 p.) : illus., maps (part fold.) ; 22 cm.

Note:Includes only those portions of the original work dealing with the United States and Canada. "The hitherto untranslated portion ... has been done into English by Miss Edith M. L. Carlborg ... and the present editor. The remainder ... is based on Forster's translation."

Bibliography Note:"A bibliography of Peter Kalm's writings on America": v. 2, p. 770-776.



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Author:
Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779.
Uniform Title
Resa til Norra America. English
Subject:
Kalm, Pehr 1716-1779 -- Diaries.
Subject:
Natural history -- United States.
Natural history -- Canada.
United States -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Canada -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Diaries.
Contributor
Benson, Adolph B. (Adolph Burnett), 1881-1962, ed.