Author | Laet, Joannes de, 1593-1649.
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Title | Extracts from the New world, or, A description of the West Indies. By John de Laet, director of the Dutch West India company, &c. Tr. from the original Dutch, by the editor.
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General Note | De Laet's work was originally published 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.
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Formatted Note | 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.
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Subjects | New York (State) -- Description and travel.
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Other Authors | Folsom, George, 1802-1869. tr.
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Host Title | In: Collect. N. Y. Hist. Soc. Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the year ... New York, I. Riley, 1841. 24 cm. 2d ser., v. 1, p. [281]-316. ISSN 1050-608X. |
LC Card Number | 11-22409 |
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