The travels of several learned missioners of the Society of Jesus, into divers parts of the archipelago, India, China, and America : containing a general description of the most remarkable towns, with a particular account of the customs, manners and religion of those several nations ... / translated from the French original publish'd at Paris in the year 1713.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jesuits.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Standardized Title:

Lettres édifiantes et curieuses. English. Selections.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

America--Description and travel.

America.

Asia--Description and travel.

Asia.

Jesuits--Missions.

Jesuits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([16], 335, [17] p., [2] folded leaves of plates ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for R. Gosling ..., 1714.

Notes:

Twenty letters translated and abridged from the Paris, 1711-1713 ed. of "Lettres édifiantes et curieuses." Contains also an abridged English translation of Dièreville's "Relation du voyage du Port Royale de l'Acadie, ou de la Nouvelle France," and an abridged translation of Antonio de Orellana's "Relacion summaria de la vida, y dichosa mverte del U.P. Cypriano Baraze ... "

"Extract of an account of the country of Accadia, in North America," [by Dièreville], p. 277-318.

Includes index.

Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.

Sabin no. 40707.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG96-B2858

Contains:

Orellana, Antonio de, 1653-1712. Relacion summaria de la vida, y dichosa muerte del U.P. Cypriano Baraze. English.

Diéreville, N. de, fl. 1699-1711. Relation du voyage du Port Royal de l'Acadie, ou de la Nouvelle France. English.

OCLC:

85791425