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This is volume three of a three volume set. Volume one is available as ebook number 71849, volume two as 72103.
This work originally appeared in Swedish as En Resa til Norra America (Stockholm, 1753–1761).
A Dutch edition of this work, Reis door Noord Amerika (Utrecht, 1772), is available as ebook number 71453.
Metadata
| Title: | Travels into North America (Volume 3 of 3) | |
| Author: | Pehr Kalm (1716–1779) | Info https://viaf.org/viaf/37042419/ |
| Translator: | John Reinhold Forster (1729–1798) | Info https://viaf.org/viaf/71405428/ |
| File generation date: | 2024-01-17 17:57:32 UTC | |
| Language: | English | |
| Original publication date: | 1771 |
Encoding
In the source text, the first word of every paragraph was set in caps and small caps; this has not been applied in this edition. The long s used in the source has always been rendered with a normal letter s. Words hyphenated at the end of lines have been rejoined, following, as much as possible, the usage encountered in this work.
Revision History
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Corrections
The following corrections have been applied to the text:
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| N.A. | REINOLD | REINHOLD | 1 |
| v, 34, 104, 114, 172, 322, 323, 323, 324, 324 | . | , | 1 |
| N.A. | Pensilvania | Pensylvania | 1 |
| 6 | Gaultier | Gaulthier | 1 |
| 7 | : | ; | 1 |
| 13, 208 | [Not in source] | , | 1 |
| 15, 26, 43 | Laurence | Lawrence | 1 |
| 21 | Wal. | Wall. | 1 |
| 44 | houshold | household | 1 |
| 46 | in | In | 1 |
| 48, 55, 68 | Galissoniere | Galissonniere | 1 |
| 49, 60, 114, 312, 315, 317, 324 | [Not in source] | . | 1 |
| 51, 81, 92, 185 | to day | to-day | 1 |
| 68, 120, 177, 202 | , | . | 1 |
| 79 | Missisippi | Mississippi | 1 |
| 85 | Riveres | Rivieres | 1 |
| 100, 100, 101, 102 | Recolets | Recollets | 1 |
| 115 | similiar | similar | 1 |
| 127 | Eskimaux | Esquimaux | 2 |
| 140 | recolet | récollet | 2 / 1 |
| 141 | Saut | Sault | 1 |
| 147 | recolets | recollets | 1 |
| 151 | recolet | recollets | 2 |
| 168 | croud | crowd | 1 |
| 172 | theese | these | 1 |
| 182 | enterview | interview | 1 |
| 206 | prettty | pretty | 1 |
| 240 | Esquimanx | Esquimaux | 1 |
| 250 | Where-ever | Wherever | 2 |
| 250 | athmosphere | atmosphere | 1 |
| 250 | inhabitans | inhabitants | 1 |
| 278 | où | ou | 1 / 0 |
| 278 | ecureuils | écureuils | 1 / 0 |
| 278 | musques | musqués | 1 / 0 |
| 284, 284, 287, 288, 288 | Saut au Recollet | Sault au Récollet | 2 / 1 |
| 298 | To day | To-day | 1 |
| 310 | acquaintaince | acquaintance | 1 |
| 313 | Cattle, wild, | —— | 13 |
| 315 | Esquimaux | —— | 9 |
| 320 | Philadelphia | —— | 12 |
| 321 | sumack | sumach | 1 |
| 321 | [Not in source] | i | 1 |
| 324 | Ziz ania quatica | Zizania aquatica | 2 |