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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Ochs, Johann Rudolf |
| Title, Analytic | America Guide by Johann Rudolf Ochs |
| Journal Title | Swiss American Historical Society Review |
| Date of Publication | June 2012 |
| Volume ID | 48 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | i-vi, 1-121, ill. |
| ISSN | 0883-4814 |
| Abstract | Special issue examines Johann Rudolf Ochs (1673-1749) and his interest in establishing a Swiss colony in America. Includes an "Ochs Chronology," the Ochs family tree, Ochs and his social network, translations of letters to Ochs and other contemporaneous letters on the topic of such emigration, a translation of Ochs's 1711 Americanischer Wegweiser (America Guide, or Short and essential Description of the English provinces in North America, but in particular its land Carolina), Ochs's subsequent life in Georgian England, and an extensive bibliography. |
| Notes | Translated, annotated, and supplemented with bio-bibliographical notes, illustrations, and selected documents by Andreas Mielke and Sandra Yelton. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Swiss Americans/ United States in literature/ 18th century/ North Carolina -- Description and travel/ Ochs, Johann Rudolf, 1673-1749/ Emigration and immigration (Europe-US)/ Palatines/ Travel in literature/ Guides |