A new survey of the West-Indies, or, The English American his travel by sea and land microform : containing a journal of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America : wherein is set forth his voyage from Spain to S. John de Vlhna ... and forward to Mexico : with the description of that great city, as it was in former times, and also at this present ... with his abode XII years about Guatemala, especiall in the Indian towns ... : as also his strange and wonderful conversion and calling from those remote parts to his native countrey : with his return through the province of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, to Nicoya, Panama, Porto bello, Cartagena and Havana, with divers occurrents and dangers that did befal in the said journey : also a new and exact discovery of the Spanish navigation to those parts : and of their dominions, government, religion, forts, castles, ports, havens, commodities, fashions, behavior of Spaniards, priests and friers, Black-moors, Mulatto's, Mestiso's, Indians, and of their feasts and solemnities : with a grammar, or some few rudiments of the Indian tongue, called Poconchi or Pocoman.

Author
Gage, Thomas, 1603?-1656 [Browse]
Format
Book, Microform
Language
English
Εdition
The third edition enlarged by the author, with a new and accurate map.
Published/​Created
London : Printed by A. Clark, and are to be sold by John Martyn, Robert Horn and Walter Kettilby, 1677.
Description
[9], 577 [i.e. 477], [18] p. : 1 folded map.

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Firestone Library - Microforms Services (Film) 0419.922 713:8. Browse related items Request

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 713:8. [More in this series]
    Notes
    • "The 22nd chapter, relating to his journey to Rome, was left out in this edition, owing, as it said, to its reflecting on the character of Abp. Laud."--Lowndes.
    • Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library.
    Reproduction note
    Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1977. 1 microfilm reel. 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 713:8)
    References
    Wing G114
    Other title(s)
    The English American.
    OCLC
    12846748
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