Turning Points
in Wisconsin History
Jonathan Carver crosses Wisconsin in the 1760's
Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 (excerpt)
Jonathan Carver (1710-1780) was an English soldier who traveled across Wisconsin into Minnesota and back across Lake Superior in 1766-1768 in order to examine the frontier recently won from the French. He published the first detailed account of Wisconsin written in English, which includes a visit to the Ho-Chunk community presided over by the female chief Glory-of-the-Morning (on pp. 32-38) and a description of early Lake Superior copper (pp. 138-139). Only the Wisconsin portions of his book are given here, from our American Journeys collection; the entire volume is online at Early Canadiana (www.canadiana.org).
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| Creator: | Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780 |
| Pub Data: | London: Printed for C. Dilly; H. Payne; and J. Phillips, 1781: pages 1-22, i-xvi, 17-180, and 6 plates |
| Citation: | Carver, Jonathan. Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 (London, 1781) [excerpt]. Online facsimile at: http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-127/index.asp; Visited on: 4/23/2024 |
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