New Brunswick; With Notes For Emigrants. Abraham GESNER.

New Brunswick; With Notes For Emigrants. Abraham GESNER. Simmonds & Ward, 1847, 1847. Abraham GESNER,. New Brunswick; With Notes For Emigrants. Comprehending the early history, an account of the Indians, settlement, topography, statistics, commerce, timber, manufactures, agriculture, fisheries, geology, natural history, social and political state, immigrants, and contemplated railways of that Province. London: Simmons & Ward, 1847. First Edition. Pp.xv,(1), [1]-388,(3,ads),(1),+ 5 plates + 1 in frontis + errata slip (explaining that the intended map was not ready at publication time). 8vo, original green pressed cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Morley p.22, TPL 2846, Waterston p.79. " Perhaps stirred by the visits of British scientists such as Lyell, geologist and physician Abraham Gesner produced this book of local description. Riding first from Parrsboro and later from Saint John, he evaluated the coal, mineral and fossil deposits from Cape Blomidon and the Chignecto shore to southern New Brunswick, the American border. [sic]. His book reflects the wide interests and warmth of this unusual scientist who later refined and named kerosene." - Waterston. Chapter VIII: The Fisheries of New Brunswick (pp.265-288). Sections include "Agressions of the Ameicans," and "Advances of the Americans in 1845." Also nautical sections in other chapters (e.g. shipbuilding, lumber-driving, rafting, early discovery, rivers, canoes, &c). Londres, 1847. Simmonds & Ward. Tela. Reproducciones de grabados a toda página Idioma: Inglés Estado: aceptable; Ligeramente moteado. Para envíos fuera de España, preguntad por los gastos de envío. Para España, 8 €. Démandez vous quelq’un question. Ask me by any question.