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Travels through Canada and the United States of North America in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808 (Paperback)
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Travels through Canada and the United States of North America in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - North American History, Volume 2
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In the opening decades of the nineteenth century, the writings of
John Lambert renewed the British public's fascination with the
landscapes, peoples, flora, and fauna of the Canadian colonies and
the United States. First published in 1811, and ultimately running
into four editions, this two-volume work is packed with
closely-observed descriptions, facts and figures about colonial
life, as well as lively anecdotes. The 'corrected and improved'
second edition reissued here was published in 1814, towards the end
of the Napoleonic Wars. It promised to 'enable the British reader
to form a just opinion of the Canadian colonies, and to appreciate
the character of the neighbouring enemies who threaten their
existence'. A trained painter, Lambert illustrated his account with
lithographs based on his own watercolours. Volume 2 contrasts the
excitement of New York, Charleston and Boston, bustling with
markets, hotels and pleasure gardens, with the conditions endured
by plantation slaves.
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