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A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America : giving an account of the author's abode there, the form and make of the country, the coasts, hills, rivers, &c., woods, soil, weather, &c., trees, fruit, beasts, birds, fish, &c., : the Indian inhabitants, their features, complexion, &c., their manners, customs, employments, marriages, feasts, hunting, computation, language, &c. : with remarkable occurrences in the South-Sea and elsewhere

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By: Wafer, Lionel, - Davis, Edward, - Savage, John,

Edition: The second edition. To which are added, the natural history of those parts, by a Fellow of the Royal Society, and Davis's expedition to the gold mines, in 1702. Illustrated with several copper-plates.

Publication info: London, Printed for James Knapton, 1704

Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Subjects: Cuna language Description and travel Early works to 1800 Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Indians of Central America Natural history Panama Voyages and travels