Travels in the Colonies in 1773–1775 Described in the Letters of William Mylne
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2021
University of Georgia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8203-5988-5 (ISBN)
University of Georgia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8203-5988-5 (ISBN)
Travels in the Colonies in 1773–1775 Described in the Letters of William Mylne contains a narrative of the two years that Scottish architect and engineer William Mylne spent in the American colonies. The letters included in this volume, written from Mylne’s own pen to his sister Anne and brother Robert, document Mylne’s journeys from his home in Edinburg to the American colonies in South Carolina, Georgia, Charlestown, and New York.
The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
WILLIAM MYLNE (1734-90) was a Scottish architect who built the North Bridge of Edinburgh, Scotland. TED RUDDOCK, a historian on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century architecture, has authored Arch Bridges and Their Builders, 1735-1835 and edited Masonry Bridges, Viaducts, and Aqueducts. JENNI CALDER is an independent scholar and writer based in Edinburgh. She is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Lost in the Backwoods: Scots and the North American Wilderness and Frontier Scots.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.09.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Georgia Open History Library |
| Vorwort | Jenni Calder |
| Verlagsort | Georgia |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8203-5988-2 / 0820359882 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8203-5988-5 / 9780820359885 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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