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Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique ... Avec un vocabulaire Caraïbe. Seconde edition.
Rotterdam: Arnout Leers, 1665
Physical Description: [36], 583, [13] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. (4to)
Call number: E665/ R674h
Accession number: 01594
Notes: Includes "Vocabulaire caraïbe" by Raymond Breton (p. 571-583), listing several hundred French terms with Carib equivalents, grouped in ten thematic categories: Les parties du corps humain; Parenté & alliance; Conditions & qualitez; Actions & Passions; Ménage & trafic; Ornemens & armes; Animaus de terre, d’eau, et d’air; Arbres & plantes; Choses élémentaires & inanimées; Choses spirituelles ou de religion. Book II, chapter 10 consists of “Remarques sur la langue des Caraïbes” (p. 447-454), mainly addressing vocabulary (descriptive glosses in French with few Carib terms), with some notes on pronunciation, intonation, grammar, and registers of speech. Book II, chapter 8, article IV, “De l’origine des Apalachites & de leur langage” (p. 393-395), differs in content and placement from remarks on Apalachee found in the 1658 French edition.
First published, Rotterdam, 1658. Authorship from Echeverria & Wilkie; has also been attributed to Louis de Poincy and to César de Rochefort.
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Languages: Apalachee / Carib
Genre: Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Caribbean Islands
