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A new survey of the West-Indies. Being a journal of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America... With a grammar, or some few rudiments of the Indian tongue, called Poconchi or Pocoman.
London: M. Clark for J. Nicolson & T. Newborough, 1699
Physical Description: [8], 384, 387-477, [19] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Call number: D699/ G133n
Accession number: 02867
Notes:
"Concerning two daily and common drinks, or potions much used in the India's [sic], called chocolatte, and atolle": p. 238-248.
"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. 465-477, is a discussion of the grammar of the Poconchi language and also includes several expressions and phrases in the text.
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]. In this edition, Chalmoner's poem and chapter 22 have been omitted.
Primarily in English but includes passages in Latin and Spanish.
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Languages: Pokomam / Pokonchi
Genre: Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
