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• Book Title: The Drake manuscript
• Author: Forward by Patrick O'Brian
• ISBN: 0233990097
• Publisher: Andre Deutsch
• Year Published: 1996
• Our Price: £22.00 GBP ($36.30 USD)
• Description: Andre Deutsch 1996: first edition: hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 8 x 12 inches tall: 272 pages including full-colour reproductions of nearly 200 paintings of places, people, customs plants, animals, fish and birds, . Synopsis: A volume of full-colour facsimiles, with English translations and descriptions, recording the people, places, fauna and flora encountered by Sir Francis Drake and his crew during their voyages in the Caribbean circa 1573 -- 1590. Contained in the Histoire Natural des Indes, this compilation of watercolours and accompanying text is attributed to one of the French Huguenots of Drakes crew. Known as Drakes manuscript, or the Histoire Narural des Indes the document was bequeathed to the Pierrepont Morgan library in New York by Miss Clara S Peck in 1983. Full and half page illustrations with underlining text followed by a section of translations of titles and descriptions include the following: -- Garlic of the Indies. Sour -sop., Icaco Plum..Avocado. Berries. Pineapple. Tobacco. Cassava. Prunelle, Sloe. Squash. Bottle gourd. Inhames. Pinulles. Tomatoes. Siroueles. Mamee Apple. Agave. Guava. Custard apple family. Sweet potato. Pimento. Coconut tree. Plantain. Watermelon. Paw paw tree. Eggplant. Onions of the Indies. Maise . Cashew nut. Palm marrow. Balce. Wild fig. Cactus. Cabuya Bregele. Sweet potato from the Isle of Margarita, Venezuela. Roumerre .Canbre. Beans. White physic nut. Red, yellow, and green pepper. Chestnut. Cassava. Wild Honey tree.Barbeque. Silk grass. Madera. Carane. Mensenille tree..Canifiste. Lacique. Sassafras. Ilex cassine, holly tree. Miatona. Chuppe. Couscous . Cotton growing on trees. Palm tree. Piahouna. Sea bream. Barracuda . Savalle. Tuna . Patin. Grand Horaige. Donsaille. Moray eel. Grouper. State. Shark. Eel. Chalirati. Saw Fish. Squid. Flying fish. Flatfish. Green fish. Moon fish. Armed fish. Egouge. Mackerel. Fish with golden scales. Bonito . Conch. Southsea canoe. Setaque. Loranbec Oyster. Antiguan canoe. Chucet fish. Mantra Ray. Conch. Iguana. Seal. Seahorse. Lobster. Crab. Snail. Sea porcupine. Weever fish. Patonne fish. Tortoise. Turtle.. Crocodile.. River caiman. Crocodile. Black snake. Racelle root. White snake. Piouche ( valuable as a louse) . Starfish. Margarita Island and Trinidadian canoe. Pearl fishing canoe. Pearl oysters. Bleating toad. Centipede. Pa (animal prized as a food by the Indians). Mountain pig. Tiger and anteater. Feral goat. Monkey. Deer. Sheep of Peru . Wildcat. Sloth. Scorpion. Wild dog. Feral howl.Chovlecque. Armadillo. Bearded Mona. Wild porcupine. Wild Agatille. Fleque. Armadillo. Agouti. Mosquito. Igor Stone. Marganahu (woodbird). Peruvian hen. Flamingo. Shearwater. Toucan . Partridge of the Indies. Pelican. Nogalinage ( bird similar to a crow). Firefly.Catali. Cageau. Pate. Cacique. Woman of the Indies. Trinidadian Indian. Indians of Ihona, Santa Marta, Nicaragua, Caribara, Lorenbec. Wheat growing in a province called Leresne. Fire Island. Cayman Island. Indians catching rabbits. Indians fishing. Port called Nombre de Dios. Emerald mining. Indians searching for gold. Floods. Forging gold for tribute for the King of Spain. Furness for the smelting of silver. How the Indians work the Silvermines. Silvermines of Peru. The Chagres River. Indians returning from hunting. Smoking meat and fish. The Indian women washing their children. Vineyards in the Indies. Indian marriages. Indians fishing. Fishing nets. Indian messengers. Making fires. Spinning cotton. The fishing canoe. The Indian gardening and planting. The cassava root and the Indian. Condition: very clean and good overall/as new.
• Condition: Collectable- Like New
• Dustcover: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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