A new survey of the West-Indies. Being a journal of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America: By Tho. Gage, the only Protestant that was ever known to have travel'd those parts. Setting forth his voyage from Spain to S. John de Ulbua; and thence to Xalapa, Tlaxcalla, the City of Angels, and Mexico: with a description of that great city, as in former times, and at present. Likewise his journey thence through Guaxaca, Chiapa, Guatemala, Vera Paz, &c. with his abode XII. years about Guatemala, his wonderful conversion and calling to his native country: with his return through Nicaragua and Costa Rica, to Nicoya, Panama, Porto bello, Cartagena, and Havana. With an account of the Spanish navigation thither; their government, castles, ports, commodities, religion, priests and friers, negro's, mulatto's, mestiso's, Indians; and o their feasts and solemnities. With a grammar, or some few rudiments of the Indian tongue, called Poconchi or Pocoman

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• A new survey of the West-Indies. Being a journal of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America: By Tho. Gage, the only Protestant that was ever known to have travel'd those parts. Setting forth his voyage from Spain to S. John de Ulbua; and thence to Xalapa, Tlaxcalla, the City of Angels, and Mexico: with a description of that great city, as in former times, and at present. Likewise his journey thence through Guaxaca, Chiapa, Guatemala, Vera Paz, &c. with his abode XII. years about Guatemala, his wonderful conversion and calling to his native country: with his return through Nicaragua and Costa Rica, to Nicoya, Panama, Porto bello, Cartagena, and Havana. With an account of the Spanish navigation thither; their government, castles, ports, commodities, religion, priests and friers, negro's, mulatto's, mestiso's, Indians; and o their feasts and solemnities. With a grammar, or some few rudiments of the Indian tongue, called Poconchi or Pocoman
• English-American his travail by sea and land

People / Organizations

• Thomas Gage (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by M. Clark, for J. Nicolson at the Kings Arms in Little Britain and T. Newborough, at the Golden Ball in S. Paul's Church-Yard, 1699. The fourth edition enlarg'd by the author, with an accurate map.; ..

Publication year

1699

ESTC No.

R17710

Grub Street ID

69344

Description

[8], 477, [19] p. [1] folded plate : map ; 8°.

Note

The first edition published as: The English-American his travail by sea and land

Includes index.