Joseph-François Lafitau - 1681 - 1746 Histoire des decouvertes et conquestes des portugais dans le Nouveau Monde. Paris: Chez Saugrain Pere; Jean-Baptiste Coignard Fils, Imprimeur du Roi, 1733.- 2 vols.: 14 gravuras, 1 mapa desdobr.; 25 cm.- E. Father Lafitau (1681-1746), a Jesuit priest, scientist and missionary, stayed six years in Canada where he studied the Iroquois Indians. He also discovered ginseng. An illustrated edition with 14 intaglio (taille-douce) engravings and a folding map , mainly depicting views of squares in Africa and India, particularly Goa, Daman, Diu, Chaul, Bassein, Mombassa, Quiloa, Sofala, etc. It also includes several allegoric vignettes of fine quality. The collation of both volumes is as follows: I - [6], XXIV, 616, [487, 1 brochure] p.: 8 engravings, 1 folding map; II - [2], 693, [87] p.: 6 engravings. Copy in very poor condition. Ávila Perez, 3989. Duarte de Sousa, 456. Auvermann, 123.