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Natuurlyke en zedelyke historie van d'eylanden de Voor-Eylanden van Amerika. : Verrijkt met vele schoone platen, die uytheelden d'aller-aanmerkelijkste seldsaamheden die'er in beschreven zijn. : Met eenen Caraïbaanschen Woorden-schat.

Rochefort, Charles de, 1605-1683, Rochefort, César de, d. 1690, Poincy, Louis de, d. 1660, Breton, Raymond, 1609-1679, Dullaert, Heiman, 1636-1684 · 1662 · Tot Rotterdam, : By Arnout Leers, boekverkooper. · 40 pictures

A 1662 Dutch natural history of the Caribbean islands, written by Charles de Rochefort and published in Rotterdam by Arnout Leers, with a Carib word list and plates for readers interested in New World plants and fruits. The engravings show trees, branches, and fruits drawn with careful hatching and shading, with leaves and fruit arranged against plain ground lines, giving a designer clear models for botanical line work and tonal rendering.

Indian linguistics · Carib Indians · Carib language · Natural history · Apalachee Indians · Imprint 1662

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