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Beschrijvinghe van Virginia, Nieuw Nederlandt, Nieuw Engelandt, en d’Eylanden Bermudes, Berbados, en S. Christoffel. Dienstelijck voor elck een derwaerts handelende, en alle voort-planters van nieuw colonien. Met kopere figuren verciert.
Amsterdam: Joost Hartgers, 1651
Physical Description: 88 p., [1] leaf of plates: ill., map ; 20 cm. (4to)
Call number: F651/ B554v
Accession number: 03328
Notes: Section entitled “Vande Mahakuase Indianen, in Nieuw-Nederlandt” contains specimens of Mohawk language with Dutch translation (p. 47-48). Contains Indian place and tribal names passim, with a list of “diversche Natien van Wilden”: “Sauwanoos, Sanhicans, Minquaas, Cepitanasses, Gacheos, Sennecaas, Canomakers, Naratekons, Konekotays, Matanackouses, Armeomecks” (p. 23).
“A reprint of some parts of the Vertoogh [van Nieu-Neder-Land, 1650] and of the second edition of de Laet [Beschrijvinghe van West-Inden, 1630]. To these have been added the treatise on the Mohawks, Een kort onwerp vande Mahakvase Indianen, t’Alckmaer, [1644?] by Johan Megapolensis, jr. ... and an engraving the earliest representation of ‘Fort New Amsterdam at the Manhatans’” - Church.
JCB copy imperfect: map wanting.
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Languages: Mohawk
Genre: Specimen
Region: North America
