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Histoire des Caraïbes nation sauvage qui habite les Isles du Vent en Amérique et partie de la terre ferme ou continent

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Open book Histoire des Caraïbes nation sauvage qui habite les Isles du Vent en Amérique et partie de la terre ferme ou continent

Title Histoire des Caraïbes nation sauvage qui habite les Isles du Vent en Amérique et partie de la terre ferme ou continent

Creator Lambertye, marquis de

Date 1760

Place West Indies

Language French

Subjects Carib Indians, Voyages and travels

Description Date from Butler.
Dedication: "A son Altesse Sérénissime Madame la Marg-grave régnante de Baaden-Dourlac," with signature of author, "Le mqs. de Lambertye."
Contemporary full leather gold-stamped binding with gilded edges.
Endpapers gilded and painted.
In box.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary An account, dating from 1760, of Lambertye's travels and experiences in the Windward Islands and other parts of the Caribbean, written at the request of the margravine of Baden-Durlach. The opening section deals with the Carib Indians: their nature, customs, physical appearance, dress, weapons, commerce, and religion. The author then describes many of the unique and curious species of plant and animal life found in the islands of the West Indies, with special mention of Martinique, the Grenadines, and St. Domingue. He includes notes on caymans, lizards, sea tortoises, parrots and other tropical birds, precious stones and metals, and three sources of poisons used by the Caribs against their enemies: the manchineel tree, a venomous jellyfish called la galere, and a type of Caribbean barracuda, le becune. There are separate sections on the cultivation and uses of manioc, potatoes, bananas, cassava, yams, and prickly pears, as well as discussions of the harvesting and preparation of dyes from cochineal and indigo.

Extent [6], 295 p., bound ; 19 cm

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 1114

BibID 123710

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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