COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Books Internet Archive
Record
Author:
Gage, Thomas, 1603?-1656.
Author (contributor):
Indigenous Languages Digitization Project (John Carter Brown Library)
Author (contributor):
Love, Herbert.
Author (contributor):
Marlow, M.
Author (contributor):
Fry, Thomas, -1769
Title:
A new survey of the West-Indies: being a journal of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America: /
Publisher:
Printed by M Clark for J Nicolson at the Kings Arms in Little Britain and T Newborough at the Golden-Ball in S Paul's Church-Yard
Begin Publication Date:
1699
MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991031842199706966
Permanent Call Number:
D699 .G133n
Statistics Note 1 (Accession Number):
STAT_NOTE_1_ACCESSION #: 02867
Subjects:
Missions--Latin America.
Subjects:
Pokomam language--Grammar.
Subjects:
Mexico--Description and travel.
Subjects:
West Indies--Description and travel.
Subjects:
Central America--Description and travel.
Subjects:
South America--Description and travel.
Subjects:
Indian linguistics--Pokonchi language.
Subjects:
Indian linguistics--Pokomam language.
Subjects:
Imprint 1699.
Subjects:
Chocolate--Mexico.
Subjects:
Chocolate drinks--Mexico.
Subjects:
Cocoa--Mexico.
Subjects:
Mayas--Social life and customs.
Subjects:
Indians of Central America--Social life and customs.
Subjects:
Pokonchi language.
Subjects:
Pokonchi language--Grammar.
Subjects:
Pokomam language.
General Note:
Originally printed London, 1648 under title: The English-American his travail by sea and land: or, A new survey of the West-India's [sic]. In this edition, Chalmoner's poem and chapter 22 have been omitted.; Primarily in English but includes passages in Latin and Spanish.; "Concerning two daily and common drinks, or potions much used in the India's [sic], called chocolatte, and atolle": p. 238-248.; "Some brief and short rules for the better learning of the Indian tongue called Poconchi, or Pocoman, commonly used about Guatemala and some other parts of Honduras", p. 465-477, is a discussion of the grammar of the Poconchi language and also includes several expressions and phrases in the text.; Signatures: A⁴ (gathering A missigned B) (A1, A4 versos blank) B-2H⁸ (2H6 verso blank) (U2, U4 missigned V2, V4) 2I⁸ ( -2I8); Errors in paging: p. 370, 372, 376, 377, and 381 misnumbered 376, 376, 372, 381, and 377.; Title printed within double rule border; woodcut initial.
Local Note:
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf.; Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Thomas Fry [crossed out] and M. Marlow: ms autographs at head of title page; Herbert Love: ms. autograph on verso of rear flyleaf.