01779cam a2200361 a 4500 29584 20230410103630.0 960620s1996 nyua 000 0 eng (DLC) 96028780 3998694 lcc bk 96028780 0233990097 DLC DLC DLC engfre fre cc----- n-us-ny 200 F 2171 D762d 1996 917.29042 Drake manuscript. French & English. The Drake manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library : Histoire naturelle des Indes / preface by Charles E. Pierce, Jr. ; foreword by Patrick O'Brian ; introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg ; translations by Ruth S. Kraemer. 1st ed. New York : Norton, c1996. xxii, 272 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm. "Though this work is often called the Drake manuscript, it bears on its title page (inserted when it was bound) the name Histoire naturelle des Indes -- The natural history of the Indies. That is an accurate account of its contents, for the volume contains 199 separate images of West Indian plants, animals and Indian life with accompanying captions written in late sixteenth-century French"--Introduction. Caribbean Area Description and travel Early works to 1800. Natural history Caribbean Area Early works to 1800. Indians First contact with Europeans. Caribbean Area Social life and customs Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, English New York (State) New York Facsimile. Caribbean Area Pictorial works. Pierpont Morgan Library. **LC HAS REQ'D # OF SHELF COPIES** 22825 22825 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 200 F 2171 D762d 1996 00000028704 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk