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Gage, Thomas, 1603?-1656
Chaloner, Thomas, 1595-1661
Edgcumbe, R. fmo RIBRL
Title
A new survey of the West-India's [sic]: or, The English-American his travail by sea and land: : 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 St. John de Ulhua; and from thence to Xalappa, to Tlaxcalla, the City of Angeles, and forward to Mexico; with the description of that great city, as it was in former times, and also at this present. Likewise, his journey from Mexico, through the provinces of Guaxaca, Chiapa, Guatemala, Vera Paz, Truxillo, Comayagua; with his abode twelve years about Guatemala, and especially in the Indian-towns of Mixco, Pinola, Petapa, Amatitlan. As also his strange and wonderfull 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, Portobelo, 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, behaviour of Spaniards, priests and friers, blackmores, 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.
Publisher
London : printed by E. Cotes, and sold by John Sweeting at the Angel in Popes-Head-Alley
Description
Edition statement precedes statement of responsibility on title page
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]
"Upon this worthy work, of his most worthy friend the authour", p. [9-12], 1st count, signed: Thomas Chaloner
Primarily in English but includes passages in Latin and Spanish
"Concerning two daily and common drinkes, or potions much used in the India's [sic], called chocolatte, and atolle": p. 106-110
"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. 213-220, is a discussion of the grammar of the Poconchi language and also includes several expressions and phrases in the text
Signatures: A-U (A1 recto, A2 verso blank) (U3 missigned V3) chi²
Title framed within double rule border; head and tail pieces; initials
Engraved frontispiece map entitled "Americae descrip." is leaf A1
Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.)
Streit, R. Bib. missionum
Cundall, F. West Indies
Pilling, J.C. North American Indians
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996)
Alden, J.E. European Americana
JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675
ESTC
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: R. Edgcumbe (?): ms. autograph on title page

Subjects: Missions; Chocolate; Chocolate drinks; Cocoa; Mayas; Indians of Central America; Pokonchi language; Pokonchi language; Pokomam language; Pokomam language; Indian linguistics; Indian linguistics; Imprint 1655
Language
eng
lat
myn
spa
Publication date 1655
publication_date QS:P577,+1655-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: jcbindigenous; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana
Accession number
newsurveyofwesti03gage
Authority file  OCLC: 1049902794
Source
Internet Archive identifier: newsurveyofwesti03gage
https://archive.org/download/newsurveyofwesti03gage/newsurveyofwesti03gage.pdf
  • IA contributor: John Carter Brown Library

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