Histoire general des Antilles habitées par les François ...

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Title: Histoire general des Antilles habitées par les François ...
Alternative Title: Histoire general des Ant-Isles habitées par les François ... / Par le r.p. Jean Baptiste du Tertre ... v. 3-4
Creator: Du Tertre, Jean Baptiste, 1610-1687
Published / Created: 1667-71.
Publication Place: Paris
Publisher: T. Iolly
Description: BEIN Latin America West Indies Cxy f654dc: Added t.p., engraved, wanting in v. 2-3.
Added t.p., engraved in v. 1-3.
On t.p. of v. 1, "Divisée en deux tomes."
The first ed. of this work, "or rather the project of it, which the author was obliged to put in press in haste because he understood that some other person was about printing it under some other name," was published at Paris in 1654 under the title: Histoire generale des isles de S. Christophe de la Guadeloupe, de la Martinique, et autres dans l'Amerique--cf. Pref.; also Rich.
Extent: 4 v. in 3, plates (part fold.) : 25 x 19 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: French

Material: maps, coats of arms ;
Subject (Geographic): West Indies.
West Indies, French
Subject (Name): Compagnie des Indes occidentales.
Subject (Topic): Natural history
Indians of the West Indies
History
Subjects: Compagnie des Indes occidentales
Natural history > West Indies
Indians of the West Indies
West Indies, French > History

Access: Public
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