An account of the European settlements in America

An account of the European settlements in America ... : I, A short history of the discovery of that part of the world: II, The manners and customs of the original inhabitants: III, Of the Spanish settlements: IV, Of the Portuguese: V, Of the French, Dutch and Danish: VI, Of the English; each part contains an accurate description of the settlements in it, their extent, climate, productions, trade, genius and disposition of their inhabitants, the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements and their political and commercial views with regard to each other. Probably the joint work of E. and W. Burke but usually attributed to the former who called himself merely the reviser of his kinsman's work.-cf. Dict. nat. biog.; Sabin, Bibl. amer.