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Le Comte, Louis. Memoirs and observations topographical, physical, mathematical, mechanical, natural, civil, and ecclesiastical. : Made in a late journey through the empire of China, and published in several letters. Particularly upon the Chinese pottery and varnishing; the silk and other manufactures; the pearl fishing; the history of plants and animals. Description of their cities and publick works; number of people, their language, manners and commerce; their habits, oeconomy, and government. The philosophy of Confucius. The state of Christianity, with many other curious and useful remarks. By Louis Le Compte Jesuit, confessor to the Dutchess of Burgundy, one of the royal mathematicians, and lately missionary into the eastern countries. Translated from the Paris edition, and illustrated with figures

Creator
Le Comte, Louis, 1655-1728
Date
1697
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
140- 774q
Caption
London : Printed for Benj. Tooke at the Middle Temple Gate, and Sam. Buckley at the Dolphin over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet, 1697
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Gage, Thomas. A new survey of the West-Indies: or, The English American his travel by sea and land : containing a journal of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America: wherein is set forth his voyage from Spain to S. John de Ulhua; and thence to Xalappa, to Tlaxcalla, the City of Angels, and forward to Mexico: with the description of that great city, as it was in former times, and also at this present. Likewise his journey from Mexico, through the provinces of Guaxaca, Chiapa, Guatemala, Vera Paz, Truxillo, Comayagua, with his abode XII. years about Guatemala, especiall [sic] in the Indian towns of Mixco, Pinola, Petapa, Amatitlan. As also his strange and wonderful conversion and calling from those remote parts to his native countrey: with his return through the province of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, to Nicoya, Panama, Porto bello, Cartagena and Havana, with diverse occurrents and dangers that did befal in the said journey. Also a new and exact discovery of the Spanish navigation to those parts: and of their dominions, government, religion, forts, castles, ports, havens, commodities, fashions, behavior of Spaniards, priests and friers, black-moors, mulatto's, mestiso's, Indians; and of their feasts and solemnities. With a grammar, or some few rudiments of the Indian tongue, called Poconchi or Pocoman. The third edition enlarged by the author, with a new and accurate map. By Thomas Gage

Creator
Gage, Thomas, 1603?-1656
Date
1677
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
141- 321q
Caption
London : Printed by A. Clark, and are to be sold by John Martyn, Robert Horn and Walter Kettilby, 1677
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