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Book/Printed Material Extracts from the New world, or, A description of the West Indies.

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Title

  • Extracts from the New world, or, A description of the West Indies.

Names

  • Laet, Joannes de, 1581-1649.
  • Folsom, George, 1802-1869, tr.

Created / Published

  • New-York, 1841.

Contents

  • Preliminary notice.--Translation of Book III, chapters VII-XI of Nieuwe wereldt.--Translations from the Latin and French editions of De Laet's New world; 1633-1640.--Note.

Headings

  • -  New York (State)--Description and travel

Notes

  • -  De Laet's work was originally pub. in Dutch, 1625, under title "Nieuwe wereldt, ofte Beschryvinghe van West Indien." The Latin edition, appearing in 1633, was so largely altered as to be substantially a new work, of which the French edition of 1640 was simply a translation.

Medium

  • p. [281]-316. 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F116 .N62 2d. ser., vol. 1

Source Collection

  • Collections of the New York Historical Society 2d. ser. v. 1, pt. 7, p. [281]-316

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 11022409

Online Format

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  • online text

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Laet, Joannes De, and George Folsom. Extracts from the New world, or, A description of the West Indies. New-York, 1841. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/11022409/.

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Laet, J. D. & Folsom, G. (1841) Extracts from the New world, or, A description of the West Indies. New-York. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/11022409/.

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Laet, Joannes De, and George Folsom. Extracts from the New world, or, A description of the West Indies. New-York, 1841. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/11022409/>.