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Item Voyage de la france Eqvinoxiale en l'isle de Cayenne, entrepris par les francois en l'annee M.DC.LII. Diuisé en trois livres...(Francois Clovzier, 1664) Biet, Antoine, 1620-One of the primary sources for the French ventures in Guiana. Biet was a French priest who went to the West Indies in 1652. The work is divided into three sections. The first part describes his voyage out; the second part describes events at the colony for the next fifteen months; and the third part provides a description of the country and the Indians. The author also made a short journey to Barbados, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, and offers some useful information about those regions. The work contains a vocabulary of the Carib Indian language. Crouse, FRENCH PIONEERS IN THE WEST INDIES, p.273. SABIN 5269. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 664/15. LeCLERC 165. HANDLER, BARBADOS HISTORY, p.5. MAGGS BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA V:4336.