The Histoire naturelle des Indes Pierpont Morgan Library text nyu New York Norton c1996 1996 1st ed. monographic eng fre fre

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xxii, 272 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm. preface by Charles E. Pierce, Jr. ; foreword by Patrick O'Brian ; introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg ; translations by Ruth S. Kraemer. "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. cc----- n-us-ny 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 200 F 2171 D762d 1996 917.29042 0233990097 96028780 DLC 960620 20230410103630.0 29584