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BC Historical Books

BC Historical Books

A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka Sound : with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives, embellished with a plate representing... Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821

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"Written by Richard Alsop from interviews with Jewitt, ref. D.A.B.
'Names of the crew of the ship Boston': p[3] 'A list of words in the Nootkain language, the most in use': p[4] "War song of the Nootka tribe": p.203.
The Galleon Press edition lists twelve editions and a German translation. There were, in fact, eleven editions as the 1840 edition listed by Sabin, with a copy in the New York P.L., should be 1849." -- Strathern, G. M. , & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 144.

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