Nieuwe reystogt en beschryving van de land-engte van Amerika
behelzende een verhaal van de schryvers verblyf en zonderlinge avontuuren aldaar, de gesteltenisse van 't land, de kusten, bergen, rivieren, bosschen, 't aardryk, weeder, de boomen, vruchten, beesten, volgelen, visschen enz. Mitsgaders de Indiaansche inwoonders, hunne gestalte, aardt, zeeden, gewoonten, werk, huuwelyken, gastmaalen, beestejagt, manier van tellen, taal, enz. Beneffens eenige merkwaaardige ontmoetingen in de zuydzee en elders
by Lionel Wafer
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Translation, by William Sewel, of the author's: A new voyage and description of the Isthmus of America, first printed London, 1699.
Issued as a part of: Tweede deel van William Dampiers Reystogt rondom de werreld, The Hague, 1700.
"Van de Indiaansche inwoonders. Hunne manieren, gewoonten, enz.", p. 53-47 [i.e. 75], 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. 73 compared with cardinal numbers in the Gaelic language on p. 74, and a brief selection of vocabulary and phrases in the Cuna language on p. 47 [i.e. 75]
Signatures: ²A-²L
Errors in paging: p. 74 misnumbered 47.
Woodcut printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.
Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 373448.
Tiele, P.A. Nederlandsche bibliographie, 290.
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 700/303.
JCB Lib. cat., 1765-1700, p. 428.
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full vellum.
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