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New Englands prospect. A true, lively, and experimentall description of that part of America, commonly called New England: discovering the state of that country, both as it stands to our new-come English planters; and to the old native inhabitants. Laying down that which may both enrich the knowledge of the mind-travelling reader, or benefit the future voyager.
London: John Dawson, for John Bellamy, 1639
Physical Description: [8], 83, [5] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 19 cm. (4to)
Call number: D639/ W881n
Accession number: 02940; 08011
Notes: Contains a selection of vocabulary in the Massachuset language, with English equivalents in parallel columns, contains 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). First published London, 1634. JCB has 2 copies; copy 1 imperfect.
Languages: Massachuset
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
