A description of the new world. or, America islands and continent: and by what people those regions are now inhabited. And what places are there desolate and without inhabitants. And the bays, rivers, capes, forts, cities and their latitudes, the seas on their coasts: the trade, winds, the North-west passage, and the commerce of the English nation, as they were all in the year 1649. Faithfully described for information of such of his countrey as desire intelligence of these perticulars. By George Gardyner of Peckham, in the country of Surrey Esq.
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A description of the new world. or, America islands and continent: and by what people those regions are now inhabited. And what places are there desolate and without inhabitants. And the bays, rivers, capes, forts, cities and their latitudes, the seas on their coasts: the trade, winds, the North-west passage, and the commerce of the English nation, as they were all in the year 1649. Faithfully described for information of such of his countrey as desire intelligence of these perticulars. By George Gardyner of Peckham, in the country of Surrey Esq.
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Gardyner, George.
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London :: Printed for Robert Leybourn, and are to be sold by Thomas Pirrepoint, at the Sun in S. Pauls Churchyard,
1651.
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"A description of the new world. or, America islands and continent: and by what people those regions are now inhabited. And what places are there desolate and without inhabitants. And the bays, rivers, capes, forts, cities and their latitudes, the seas on their coasts: the trade, winds, the North-west passage, and the commerce of the English nation, as they were all in the year 1649. Faithfully described for information of such of his countrey as desire intelligence of these perticulars. By George Gardyner of Peckham, in the country of Surrey Esq." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A85806.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.
THis province is an Inland pro∣vince, it is Mediterranean to Soconusco, Mexico, Tabasco, and Ve∣rapas, and in length 40 leagues, and something lesse in breadth. It hath store of Wheat, Millet, and other grain and seeds, much cattle, but few sheep. It hath but one town of Spaniards, which is called the Ci∣ty royall, 70 leagues from Saint James of Gutermalia, to the north east, which is governed by an or∣dinary Justice, and in it is resident, the Cathedrall: two Monasteries of Dominicke Friars, and one of Nuns. There are many Indian towns in her climates, and the na∣tives are excellent Planters, and
Musitians. This City royall is in 18 degrees and a half, built round and of a marvellous scituation, six∣ty leagues from the north sea, and as far from the south.
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