A new survey of the West-India's [sic]: or, The English-American his travail by sea and land
containing a journal of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America. Wherein is set forth his voyage from Spain to St. John de Ulhua; and from thence to Xalappa, to Tlaxcalla, the City of Angeles, and forward to Mexico; with the description of that great city, as it was in former times, and also at this present. Likewise, his journey from Mexico, through the provinces of Guaxaca, Chiapa, Guatemala, Vera Paz, Truxillo, Comayagua; with his abode twelve years about Guatemala, and especially in the Indian-towns of Mixco, Pinola, Petapa, Amatitlan. As also his strange and wonderfull conversion and calling from those remote parts, to his native countrey. With his return through the province of Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, to Nicoya, Panama, Portobelo, Cartagena, and Havana, with divers occurrents and dangers that did befal in the said journey. Also, a new and exact discovery of the Spanish navigation to those parts: and of their dominions, government, religion, forts, castles, ports, havens, commodities, fashions, behaviour of Spaniards, priests and friers, blackmores, mulatto's, mestiso's, Indians; and of their feasts and solemnities. With a grammar, or some few rudiments of the Indian tongue, called Poconchi, or Pocoman
The second edition enlarged by the author, and beautified with maps.
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Author
Contributions
- Chaloner, Thomas, 1595-1661 - Contributor
- Edgcumbe, R. - Contributor
Publication
printed by E. Cotes, and sold by John Sweeting at the Angel in Popes-Head-Alley, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
55,000 words, Guess
Page Count
220 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivenewsurveyofwesti03gage
- OCLC Control Number727130189
- Open LibraryOL25312102M
Alternate Titles
- New survey of the West-Indias - or, The English-American his travail by sea and land.
- New survey of the West-Indias.
- New survey of the West-Indies.
- English-American his travail by sea and land.
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