book chapter
Concerning the savages called Caribs
account of the establishment of the French in the year 1635 on the Island of Martinique • A Paris • Published In 1640 • Pages: HRAF Ms: i, 8 [Original: 105-130 ]
By: Bouton, Jacques, McKusick, Marshall Bassford, Verin, Pierrre.
Abstract
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, clothing, occupations, commerce or relations with Europeans, eating and drinking, warfare, and lore and learning. Although the information is not unusual compared to that of other early writers, it is perhaps of special value in representing the earliest knowledge of the Caribs.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Caribbean
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Missionary
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- George R. Bedell ; 1958
- Field Date
- ca. 1630
- Coverage Date
- 1630
- Coverage Place
- Dominica
- Notes
- By Jacques Bouton
- Translation of: [Relation de l'establissement des Francois depvis l'an 1635]
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Marshall McKusick and Pierre Verin in 1958
- LCCN
- 02013773
- LCSH
- Black Carib Indians