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(JESUITS.) The Travels of Several Learned Missioners of the Society of Jesus, into Divers Parts of the Archipelago, India,

(JESUITS.) The Travels of Several Learned Missioners of the Society of Jesus, into Divers Parts of the Archipelago, India, China, and America. 2 folding plates showing Chinese inscription and ginseng plant. 8vo, early 20th-century 1/2 calf, some wear to extremities; opening leaves loose, blank lower margin of title excised, gilt fore-edge. With 2 leaves of bookseller's ads at end. London, 1714

  • Notes: first edition in english, translated and abridged from Volumes 9 and 10 of Lettres Édifiantes . . . des Missions Étrangères, Paris, 1711-13. Consists of 22 letters, including 3 from America: Orellana on the Moxos of Peru; Marest on affairs in Hudson's Bay; and Diereville on Acadia. European Americana 714/69, Howes T334, Sabin 40707.
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