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Title The first explorations of the trans-Allegheny region by the Virginians, 1650-1674 [electronic resource] / by Clarence Walworth Alvord and Lee Bidgood.
Author Alvord, Clarence Walworth, 1868-1928.
Publication Info. Baltimore, Md. : Clearfield : Genealogical Pub. Co. Inc., 1996.
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Description 1 online resource (275 p.) : ill., maps.
Series Gale virtual reference library
Genealogy Connect
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Encouragement from the assembly -- 2. The discovery of New Brittaine -- 3. The discoveries of John Lederer -- 4. Governor Berkeley as a promoter of exploration -- 5. The expedition of Batts and Fallam -- 6. The journeys of Needham and Arthur -- 7. Coxe's account of the activities of the English in the Mississippi Valley in the seventeenth century.
Summary This book tells the story of the discovery of the Trans-Allegheny region by the Virginians.
Subject Southern States -- Description and travel.
Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel.
Virginia -- Description and travel.
Allegheny Mountains.
Ebook reference.
Genealogy.
Added Author Bidgood, Lee.
Gale Group.
ISBN 9780806365503 (electronic book)