An edition of A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America (1699)

A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America

giving an account of the author's abode there, the form and make of the country, the coasts, hills, rivers, &c. woods, soil, weather, &c. trees, fruit, beasts, birds, fish, &c. The Indian inhabitants, their features, complexion, &c. their manners, customs, employments, marriages, feasts, hunting, computation, language, &c. With remarkable occurrences in the South Sea, and elsewhere

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An edition of A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America (1699)

A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America

giving an account of the author's abode there, the form and make of the country, the coasts, hills, rivers, &c. woods, soil, weather, &c. trees, fruit, beasts, birds, fish, &c. The Indian inhabitants, their features, complexion, &c. their manners, customs, employments, marriages, feasts, hunting, computation, language, &c. With remarkable occurrences in the South Sea, and elsewhere

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Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard
Language
English
Pages
224

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Subjects

Social life and customs, Description and travel, Indians of South America, Indian linguistics, Cuna language, Glossaries, vocabularies, Catalogs, Booksellers', Cuna Indians, Natural history, Indians of Central America, Early works to 1800, Pre-Linnean works, Descriptions et voyages, Ouvrages avant 1800, Peuples autochtones, Sciences naturelles, Ouvrages prélinnéens, Travel

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Central America, Panama, Great Britain

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1699
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Cover of: A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America
A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America: giving an account of the author's abode there, the form and make of the country, the coasts, hills, rivers, &c. woods, soil, weather, &c. trees, fruit, beasts, birds, fish, &c. The Indian inhabitants, their features, complexion, &c. their manners, customs, employments, marriages, feasts, hunting, computation, language, &c. With remarkable occurrences in the South Sea, and elsewhere
1699, Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard
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Edition Notes

"Of the Indian Inhabitants; their manners, customs, &c.", p. 131-188, contains a discussion of the Cuna Indians of Panama and their language as it compares to Irish and Scots Gaelic. Includes cardinal numbers in the Cuna language on p. 181-182 compared with cardinal numbers in the Gaelic language on p. 185-186, and a brief selection of vocabulary and phrases in the Cuna language on p. 187-188.

Signatures: [A]⁴ ([A]1 verso blank) B-Q⁸

Errata: p. [8], 1st count.

Includes index.

Bookseller's advertisements: p. [15-16], 3rd count.

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996) W193.

Arents, G. Tobacco, 438.

Scott, J. Darien Company, 81.

Field, T.W. Indian bib., 1617.

Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 373442.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 699/223.

Brown, J.C. Cat., 1482-1700, II:1579.

ESTC R6953.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary calf, rebacked.

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London
Other Titles
Mr. Wafer's Description of the Isthmus of America.

Classifications

Library of Congress
F1564 .W13

The Physical Object

Pagination
[8], 224, [16] p., [4] folded leaves of plates :
Number of pages
224

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25302869M
Internet Archive
newvoyagedescrip02wafe
LCCN
01024011
OCLC/WorldCat
731035183, 3347503

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16621762W

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