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The memoirs of Père Labat, 1693-1705

Title
The memoirs of Père Labat, 1693-1705 / translated and abridged by John Eaden; with an introduction by Philip Gosse.
Author
Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738.
Publication
[London] F. Cass, 1970.

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Additional Authors
  • Eaden, John
  • Gosse, Philip
Description
xx, 262 pages; 22 cm
Summary
During his stay in the West Indies as a Dominican missionary, pere Labat was able to observe buccaneers and their ships. His adventures in this turbulent period are varied, but it is in the descriptions of the lives of the different races that the value of his memoirs resides.
Series Statement
Cass library of West Indian studies ; no. 8
Uniform Title
  • Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique. English
  • Cass library of West Indian studies ; no. 8.
Alternative Title
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique.
Subject
  • Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
  • Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
  • 74.26 geography of Central and South America
  • Travel
  • West Indies, French > Description and travel
  • Lesser Antilles > West Indies, French
  • Caribbean region
Genre/Form
Travel books (form)
Note
  • Translation of Nouveau voyage aux isles d l'Amerique.
  • Imprint covered by label: Barnes & Noble.
  • Reprint of the 1931 ed.
ISBN
  • 071461940X
  • 9780714619408
LCCN
79016916
OCLC
  • ocm00094996
  • 94996
  • SCSB-278867
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library