A Description of New England; or, The Observations and Discoveries of Captain John Smith, (Admiral of That Country), in the North of America, in the Year of Our Lord 1614, with the Success of Six Ships that went the Next Year, 1615, and the Accidents Tha…

xii, 40 pp. Plain brown wrappers, blue paper label on front wrapper. 1898 reissue of 1616 original (Sabin 82819). This edition, unlike the original, does not include a map. "This is the first book which bears on its title-page the name 'New England,' which had up to this time been called North Virginia. In 1614 Smith sailed along the New England coast from Penobscot to Cape Cod in search of whales and mines of gold. The voyage was in most respects a failure, but it gave him an opportunity to write this tract, the general object of which is to show the advantages likely to accrue to adventurers in New England." (Church 369, in reference to the 1616 edition)