Relation de l'Islande
Contributors: La Mothe Le Vayer, François de, 1588-1672
Publisher: Chez Louis Billaine, au second pillier de la grand'Salle du Palais, à la Palme, & au grand Cesar
Published: 1663
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Whaling; Discovery and explorarion; Discovery and exploration; Norse; Description and travel; Northwest Passage
Notes: Originally published: Paris, 1647.

Signed on p. 108: La Peyrere. Escrit la premiere fois, de Copenhague, le 18. decembre, 1644.

Relation composed in the form of a letter to Monsieur de la Mothe le Vayer.

Contains accounts of the Norse in North America, the search for a northwest passage, the whaling industry, and an account of the 1619-1620 voyage of Jens Munk; preface touches upon Greenland.

Signatures: ã⁸ ẽ⁸ ĩ⁴ (ĩ4 blank) A-G⁸ (-G8) (G7 verso blank)

Woodcut printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.

Cioranescu, A.  17. s., 40042.

European Americana 663/80.

JCB Lib. cat.  Pre-1675, III:88-89.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting folded map.