While laid up and not able to do much other than read I ran across this one that I wanted to get but decided to just read it on-line.

A New Voyage to Carolina
http://snipurl.com/1dimr <<< For the book


Book Description
John Lawson's amazingly detailed yet lively book is easily one of the most valuable of the early histories of the Carolinas, and it is certainly one of the best travel accounts of the early eighteenth-century colonies. An inclusive account of the manners and customs of the Indian tribes of that day, it is also a minute report of the soil, climate, trees, plants, animals, and fish in the Carolinas.

Lawson's observation is keen and thorough; his style direct and vivid. He misses nothing and recounts all—from the storms at sea to his impressions of New York in 1700, the trip down the coast to Charleston, and his travels from there into North Carolina with his Indian guides.

The first edition of this work was published in London in 1709. While various editions followed in the eighteenth century—including two in German—this edition is a true copy of the original and is the first to include a comprehensive index. It also contains "The Second Charter," "An Abstract of the Constitution of Carolina," Lawson's will, and several previously unpublished letters written by Lawson. A number of DeBry woodcuts of John White's drawings of Indian life, sketches of the beasts of Carolina which appeared in the original 1709 edition, and Lawson's map contribute additional interest to this volume.

...Or!!!! you can read it for free here:
http://rla.unc.edu/Archives/accounts/Lawson/Lawson.html




I am looking forward to reading this after I finish with: The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
http://snipurl.com/1dimy

http://www.carolinanature.com/birds/capapapi.html <<< source of the pictures.

Thank you for posting that! I have a fascination with the extintic Carolina Parrot...must have been a heck of a sight to see a whole flock of parrots flying across the American skies...too bad that generation robbed us of it

Dani

They were both such pretty birds. It's a shame that human ignorance causes so much death.

Wow, that Carolina Parakeet sure looks like a Janday Conure. Very close cousin at least!

Dani, very good point which is why we should welcome the wild Quakers and Cherry Head Conures and other wild parrots who have managed to make America their home. I can't tell you how joyful it is to live somewhere where wild parrots are all over the place. I've been seeing lots of wild SC Toos while driving to work in the morning.