The history of the Caribby-islands : viz. Barbados, St Christophers, St Vincents, Martinico, Dominico, Barbouthos, Monserrat, Mevis, Antego, &c. in all XXVIII in two books : the first containing the natural; the second, the moral history of those islands : illustrated with several pieces of sculpture, representing the most considerable rarities therein described : with a Caribbian-vocabulary

Title Variants

Uniform: Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique

By

Rochefort, Charles de, 1605-1683

Davies, John, 1625-1693
Breton, Raymond, 1609-1679

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Printed by J.M. for Thomas Dring and John Starkey, 1666

Notes

"A translation of the anonymous French edition of 1658"--Sabin, Bibl. amer.

"Le vocabulaire caraibe parait être du P. Breton."--Barbier, Dict. des ouvrages anon.

Part 2 has added part t.p.

"Chap. VIII. By way of digression giving an account of the Apalachites, the nature of their country, their manners, and their ancient and modern religion": p. 228-249.

"A Caribbian vocabulary," by Raymond Breton, p. [2-11] at end.

Title within double rules; woodcut head-pieces, initials; side-notes.

Signatures: A-3A.

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, | III, p. 147

Subjects

Antilles, Lesser , Apalachee Indians , Carib Indians , Carib language , Early works to 1800 , Glossaries, vocabularies, etc , Natural history , West Indies

Call Number

F2001 .R67

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.84378
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/02015565
OCLC: 943130