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A new voyage and description of the Isthmus of America. Giving an account of... The Indian inhabitants, their... language, &c... The second edition.
London: for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1704
Physical Description: [16], 283, [13] p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., map ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Call number: D704/ W128n
Accession number: 03021; 35071
Notes: "Of the Indian Inhabitants; their manners, customs, &c.", p. 104-150, contains a discussion of the Cuna Indians of Panama and their language as it compares to Irish and Scots Gaelic. Includes cadinal numbers in the Cuna language on p. 145 compared with cardinal numbers in the Gaelic language on p. 148-149, and a brief selection of vocabulary and phrases in the Cuna language on p. 150.
"An expedition of a body of English-men to the gold mines of Spanish America, in 1702. With the many strange adventures that befel them in that bold undertaking. By Nathaniel Davis", p. 263-283, has separate caption title.
First printed London, 1699.
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Languages: Cuna
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
