(LOUISIANA) Coxe Daniel A Description of the English Provinc

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(LOUISIANA.) Coxe, Daniel. A Description of the English Province of Carolana, by the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French, La Louisiane. Folding map in facsimile. [54], 122 pages. 8vo, later 1/4 calf, minor wear; light dampstaining. [London], 1741

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4th edition of the first English account of Louisiana, first published in 1722. He refers to the Mississippi River as "the River Meschecebe." "Bold assertion of the rights of England to the entire gulf region . . . which had been granted to the author's father, with a description based on a residence there"--Howes C826. Clark, Old South 68-3; Sabin 17281.