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Nieuwe reystogt en beschryving van de land-engte van Amerika... uyt het Engelsch vertaald door W. Sewel.
Amsterdam: Johannes Ratelband & Andries Van Damme, 1717
Physical Description: 89, [90-96] p. : 3 plates (incl. 2 fold.), 1 fold. map ; 21 cm. (4to)
Call number: D717/ D166r
Accession number: 69-259A
Notes: "Van de Indiaansche inwoonders. Hunne manieren, gewoonten, enz.", p. 53-75, contains a discussion of the Cuna Indians of Panama and their language as it compares to Irish and Scots Gaelic. Includes cardinal numbers in the Cuna language on p. 73 compared with cardinal numbers in the Gaelic language on p. 74, and a brief selection of vocabulary and phrases in the Cuna language on p. 75.
Volume 2 was first printed in Dutch translation, by William Sewel, in The Hague, 1700, and also included Wafer's A new voyage and description of the Isthmus of America.
Translation, by William Sewel, of the author's: A new voyage and description of the Isthmus of America, first printed London, 1699.
Issued as part of vol. 2 in: W: Dampier en L: Wafers Reystogten rondom de waereldt, The Hague, 1717.
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Languages: Cuna
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
