''A New Voyage to Carolina'' is a 1709 book by the English explorer and naturalist
John Lawson. It is considered one of colonial America's most comprehensive accounts of
Native American civilization. Lawson arrived in
Charleston
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* Charleston, South Carolina
* Charleston, West Virginia, the state capital
* Charleston (dance)
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Places Australia
* Charleston, South Australia
Canada
* Charleston, Newfoundlan ...
, and proceeded to trek through the back country and
Upstate South Carolina
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, and on to
New Bern
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and
Virginia
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. The expedition lasted from 1700 to 1701, but the book was published only after Lawson served as the king's surveyor for the region. The books subtitle is " Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of that Country: Together with the Present State thereof. And a Journal of a Thousand miles travel'd thro' several Nations of Indians. Giving a particular Account of their Customs, Manners, &c." The book was reprinted in the next decade as "The History of Carolina". Lawson was subsequently caught, tortured, and executed by the
Tuscarora people, a tribe documented in the book, during a period of resistance to colonial depredation.
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1709 non-fiction books
1709 in South Carolina
British travel books
Books about Native Americans
Books about South Carolina