This is the Spanish edition of the celebrated ?Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses,? a collection of the letters of famous Jesuit Missionaries and Priests written from various parts of the world, describing new discoveries, etc.
Among the contents of the various volumes there is much material relative to America:
Vol 3. Father Gobien?s 24 pp. letter concerning the projects for a Mission in California, the entrance of the Jesuits there, and the work and explorations of Fathers Kino, Salvatierra, and Picolo in California. Letter from Father Niel relating to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, the Straits of Magellan, and Concepcion de Chile.
Vol. 5. Father Niel?s letter concerning the Moxos Missions in Peru. Father Laguna?s account of the Nahuelhuapi Mission in South America.
Vol. 7. Preliminary letter concerning the Moxos and Paraguayan Missions. Account of the life and death of Father Baraza, the founder of the Moxos Missions. Letter from Father Marest to Father Lamberville, giving an account of the French Establishment at Hudson?s Bay, war against the English in Canada. Iberville?s diary of his journey in Canada, English forces in Canada, climate and the Indian Nations of Canada. Letter from Father Gabriel Marest concerning the missions among the Illinois and Sioux Indians. Father Sepp?s letter concerning Paraquay.
Vol. 8. Father Chollenec?s letter concerning the Iroquis Indians. Account of the Amazon and the Missions among the Indians there. Second letter from Father Chollenec concerning the Iroquis Indians.
Vol. 9. Father Hace?s letter from the Paraguayan Missions.
Vol. 10. Information from the Bishop of Buenos Aires, Joseph Peralta, concerning the Paraguayan Missions.
Vol. 11. Letter from Father Crossard of Cayenne, concerning Cayenne and Guiana.
Vol. 12. Father Fauque?s letter concerning the Indians of Guiana, etc. Father Petit?s letter regarding the Natchez Indians, Louisiana, New Orleans, Illinois Indians, and the conduct of the French towards the Indians in Louisiana. Father Lombard?s letter concerning the Indians of Guiana, new colony of Ouiapok, etc. Father Fauque?s letter concerning the discovery of new Indian Nations in Guiana. Father Lavits Journey to Cayenne. Letter of Father Margat?s, concerning Santo Domingo, the Maroon Negroes, and numerous particulars regarding Christopher Columbus.
Vol. 13. Letters of Fathers Lombard (1) and Fauque (2) concerning Guiana, and travels there. Father Chome?s Voyage to Buenos Aires, and letter concerning the Guarani Indians. Father Rasles? long letter concerning the languages of the various nations of Canadian Indians, and numerous valuable details concerning the Hurons, Ottawas, and other Canadian Indians.
Vol. 14. Letter from Father Etre, concerning the Indians of the Amazon basin, and the Jesuit Missions there, etc. Two Letters from Father Chome concerning the Chiriguan Indians of South America. Father Fauque?s letter from Guiana.
Vol. 15. Report from various Indian towns and villages in South America. Letter from Father Margat at Santo Domingo. Letter from Father Fauque concerning Cayenne, and the English attack on the Colony of Oyapok in Guiana. Letter from Father Lozano concerning the earthquake at Lima and Callao. Account of the earthquake at Concepcion de Chile.
Vol. 16. Letter concerning Quito, the Amazon, Orinoco, Cumara, Guiana, the Caribbean Indians, etc. Letter from Cartagena.
Palau, 46343; Sabin, 40705.
