| Authors: | Biet, Antoine, 1620- |
| Title: | Voyage de la france Eqvinoxiale en l'isle de Cayenne, entrepris par les francois en l'annee M.DC.LII. Diuisé en trois livres... |
| Edition: | 1. ed |
| Publish Location: | Paris |
| Publisher: | Francois Clovzier |
| Issue Date: | 1664 |
| Physical Medium: | 11f.s.n., 432 p, 24 cm |
| Description: | Signature: A-Z3, Aa-Zz3, Aaa-Hhh3. |
| General Contents: | One of the primary sources for the French ventures in Guiana. Biet was a French priest who went to the West Indies in 1652. The work is divided into three sections. The first part describes his voyage out; the second part describes events at the colony for the next fifteen months; and the third part provides a description of the country and the Indians. The author also made a short journey to Barbados, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, and offers some useful information about those regions. The work contains a vocabulary of the Carib Indian language. Crouse, FRENCH PIONEERS IN THE WEST INDIES, p.273. SABIN 5269. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 664/15. LeCLERC 165. HANDLER, BARBADOS HISTORY, p.5. MAGGS BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA V:4336. |
| Local Note: | O exemplar da BBM possui encadernação plena carneira de época O exemplar da BBM possui notas bibliográficas e de raridade, ver dossiê n.325 |
| Type: | LIVRO |
| Language: | fre |
| Subject: | HISTÓRIA DA AMÉRICA VIAGENS E EXPLORAÇÕES |
| Temporal Coverage: | SÉCULO 17 |
| Appears in Collections: | Livros |
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