Shelfmark
Gd.3.11
Author
Title
The English-American his travail by sea and land: or, A new survey of the West-India's, containing a journall of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America. Wherin is set forth his voyage from Spain to St. Iohn 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. By the true and painfull endevours of Thomas Gage, now preacher of the Word of God at Acris in the county of Kent, anno Dom. 1648..
Varying form of title
New survey of the West-India's
Varying form of title
Nevv survey of the VVest-India's
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by R. Cotes, and are to be sold by Humphrey Blunden at the Castle in Cornhill, and Thomas Williams at the Bible in Little Britain,, 1648..
Physical description
[10], 220, [12] p. ; 28 cm (fol.)
Note
Title set within an ornamental border.
Note
Signatures: A⁶(-A1) B-T⁶ V⁸.
Note
With six final contents leaves.
Note
Errata on final page.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R22621
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), G109
Citation/references note
Sabin, 26298
Provenance
Book label of Nicholas Mann on front pastedown, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Provenance
Ms. on front endpaper: "T. Tyrrell:", "I: Hewet", "Lady Hewet", "Lady Tyrrell"; on following leaf: "Tho: Tyrrell".
Binding
20th century leather; text block edges sprinkled red; printed waste used as front and back endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dh.3.15.
Subject
Subject
Missions Latin America Early works to 1800.
Subject
Pokonchi language Grammar Early works to 1800.
Subject
Mexico Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Subject
Central America Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Cotes, Richard, ? - -1653 printer.
Added entry--name
Blunden, Humphrey bookseller.
Added entry--name
Williams, Thomas, ? - d. 1678? bookseller.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--name
Tyrrell, Thomas former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B47785