book chapter
A new voyage and description of the Isthmus of America
Printed for the Hakluyt Society • (73) • Published In 1934 • Pages: lxxi, 220 , plates
By: Wafer, Lionel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wafer was a surgeon to a band of English buccaneers. During 1680-81 he spent four months with the Cuna Indians. The record of Wafer's observations still remains one of the most authoritative sources of information concerning the Cuna.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kuna
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- None
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Katherine Schlesinger ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1680-81
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1680-1681
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Panama
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lionel Wafer
- This document consists of excerpts
- Sections of the book not relevant to the Cuna are not included
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 34021276
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuna Indians