The English-American his travail by sea and land: or, A new survey of the West-India's [sic]
Subtitle: containing a journall of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America. Wherin is set forth his voyage from Spain to St. Iohn de Ulhua; and from thence to Xalappa, to Tlaxcalla, the City of Angeles, and forward to Mexico; with the description of that great city, as it was in former times, and also at this present. Likewise his journey from Mexico through the provinces of Guaxaca, Chiapa, Guatemala, Vera Paz, Truxillo, Comayagua; with his abode twelve years about Guatemala, and especially in the Indian-towns of Mixco, Pinola, Petapa, Amatitlan. As also his strange and wonderfull conversion, and calling from those remote parts to his native countrey. With his return through the province of Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, to Nicoya, Panama, Portobelo, Cartagena, and Havana, with divers occurrents and dangers that did befal in the said journey. Also, a new and exact discovery of the Spanish navigation to those parts; and of their dominions, government, religion, forts, castles, ports, havens, commodities, fashions, behaviour of Spaniards, priests, and friers, blackmores, mulatto's, mestiso's, Indians; and of their feasts and solemnities. With a grammar, or some few rudiments of the Indian tongue, called, Poconchi, or Pocoman
By: By the true and painfull endevours of Thomas Gage, now preacher of the Word of God at Acris in the county of Kent, anno Dom. 1648
Contributors: Chaloner, Thomas, 1595-1661
Publisher: printed by R. Cotes, and are to be sold by Humphrey Blunden at the Castle in Cornhill, and Thomas Williams at the Bible in Little Britain
Published: 1648
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; lat; myn; spa
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Social life and customs; Grammar; Missions; Indian linguistics; Pokomam language; Chocolate; Cocoa; Mayas; Indians of Central America; Chocolate drinks; Pokonchi language; Description and travel
Other titles: English-American his travail by sea and land: or, A nevv survey of the VVest-India's.; English-American his travail by sea and land: or, A new survey of the West-Indias.; English-American his travail by sea and land.; New survey of the West-India's.; Nevv survey of the VVest-Indias.; New survey of the West-Indies.; New survey of the VVest-Indies.
Work titles: English-American
Notes: Running title is given as "New survey of the VVest-Indies" on versos and "New survey of the West-Indies" on the rectos of each leaf.

"Upon this worthy work, of his most worthy friend the avthor", p. [7-10], 1st count, signed: Thomas Chaloner.

Primarily in English but includes passages in Latin and Spanish.

"Concerning two daily and common drinks, or potions much used in the India's [sic], called chocolatte, and atolle": p. 106-110.

"Some brief and short rules for the better learning of the Indian tongue called Poconchi, or Pocoman, commonly used about Guatemala and some other parts of Honduras", p. 213-220, is a discussion of the grammar of the Poconchi language and also includes several expressions and phrases in the text.

Signatures: A⁶ (-A1) (A2 verso blank) B-V⁶ (V4 missigned U4) chi²

Errata: p. [12], 3rd count.

Title framed within ornamental woodcut border; head and tail pieces; initials.

McAlpin Coll. II:565.

Streit, R. Bib. missionum, II:505.

Cundall, F. West Indies, 1978.

Pilling, J.C. North American Indians, 1363.

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), G109.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 648/68.

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, II:369.

ESTC R22621.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full mottled calf; front board semi-detached.