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Nevv Englands prospect. A true, lively, and experimentall description of that part of America, commonly called Nevv England: discovering the state of that countrie, both as it stands to our new-come English planters; and to the old native inhabitants. Laying downe that which may both enrich the knowledge of the mind-travelling reader, or benefit the future voyager.
London: Thomas Cotes, for John Bellamie, 1635
Physical Description: [8], 83, [5] p. , [1] folded leaf of plates: map ; 20 cm. (4to)
Call number: D635/ W881n/ [R]
Accession number: 01854
Notes: Contains a selection of vocabulary in the Massachuset language with English equivalents in double parallel columns, listing over 250 words and phrases in a general “Nomenclator” which is followed by the numbers 1-20; the 10 “sleepes” or nights; the 24 months; and 70 proper names of “Countries”, “Sagamores”, “Habitations”, and rivers (p. [1-5], 3rd group). Second edition. First edition published London, 1634.
Languages: Massachuset
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
