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Nieuwe reystogt en beschryving van de land-engte van Amerika ... uyt het Engelsch vertaald door W. Sewel.
The Hague: Abraham de Hondt, 1700
Physical Description: 89, [7] p. : ill., 4 plates (incl. 2 fold.), map. ; 21 cm. (4to)
Call number: D698 / D166ni
Accession number: 03698A
Notes: “Van de Indiaansche inwoonders, hunne manieren, gewoonten, enz.” (p. 53-[75]) includes brief vocabularies of the Cuna language spoken in the Isthmus of Darien (Panama): notes on the counting system and a list of numerals (p. 72-74) and 2 dozen everyday words or phrases with Dutch equivalents (p. [75]). Translated from author's A new voyage and description of the Isthmus of America, first published, London, 1699. Issued as part of William Dampier's Tweede deel van William Dampiers reystogt rondom de werreld, The Hague, 1700.
Languages: Cuna
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
