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Carib-French dictionarybook chapter 1665 • Breton, Raymond et al.
Island Carib • Middle America and the Caribbean > Caribbean
The source for this compilation is Breton's DICTIONAIRE CARAIBE-FRANçOIS, MESLé DE QUANTITé DE REMARQUES HISTORIQUES POUR L'ESCLAIRCISSEMENT DE LA LANGUE, Auxerre, 1665. The author of the original was a French missionary in the Lesser Antilles who sp...Concerning the savages called Caribsbook chapter 1640 • Bouton, Jacques et al.
Island Carib • Middle America and the Caribbean > Caribbean
This selection is taken from the first known work on the French in the Antilles, written by a missionary who spent three months in the islands. As a summary of impressions of the Carib in the year 1637, it presents very brief chapters on religion, cl...Concerning the natives of the Antillesbook chapter 1667 • Du Tertre, Jean Baptiste et al.
Island Carib • Middle America and the Caribbean > Caribbean
The original edition was written by a French missionary and based on the works of Father Raymond Breton (see 2: Breton). The second edition in 1667 was expanded from one to four volumes although the additions were not of factual significance, consist...