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NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE
WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
FIRST SERIES. NO. XXIII-MDCCCLIX
NARRATIVE OF
A VOYAGE
TO THE
WEST INDIES AND MEXICO
IN THE YEARS 1599-1602,
With Maps and illustrations.
BY
SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN.
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL AND UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT, WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE AND NOTES BY
ALICE WILMERE.
EDITED BY
NORTON SHAW.
BURT FRANKLIN, PUBLISHER
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Published by
BURT FRANKLIN
514 West 113th Street
New York 25, N.Y.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY
REPRINTED BY PERMISSION
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.
SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, G.C.St.S., F.R.S., D.C.L., Corr. Mem. Inst. Fr., Hon. Mem. Imp. Acad. So. St. Petersburg, &c., &c.,President.
| TheMARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE. |  | Vice-Presidents. |
| Rear-AdmiralC. R. DRINKWATER BETHUNE, C.B. | ||
| Rt. Hon.LORD BROUGHTON. | ||
| BERIAH BOTFIELD,Esq. | ||
| TheLORD ALFRED SPENCER CHURCHILL. | ||
| CHARLES WENTWORTH DILKE,Esq., F.S.A. | ||
| Rt. Hon. SirDAVID DUNDAS. | ||
| SirHENRY ELLIS, K.H., F.R.S. | ||
| JOHN FORSTER,Esq. | ||
| Lieut.-Gen.CHARLES RICHARD FOX. | ||
| R. W. GREY,Esq., M.P. | ||
| EGERTON HARCOURT,Esq. | ||
| JOHN WINTER JONES,Esq., F.S.A. | ||
| His Excellency theCOUNT DE LAVRADIO. | ||
| Rt. Hon.ROBERT LOWE, M.P. | ||
| R. H. MAJOR,Esq., F.S.A. | ||
| SirHENRY RAWLINSON, K.C.B. | ||
| TheEARL OF SHEFFIELD. |
CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM,Esq., Honorary Secretary.
INTRODUCTION.
The manuscript, of which the following is a translation, as literal as the idioms of the two languages admit, is
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