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Pelleprat
Jay I. Kislak Foundation Pierre Pelleprat,
Introduction a la langue des Galibis, Sauvages de la Terre Ferme de l'Amerique meridionale.
Paris: Sebastien et Gabriel Cramoisy, 1655.

Pelleprat, a French Jesuit, was posted to the northern coasts of South America, where he worked with the indigenous peoples in a nominally Spanish area. In his introduction to "Galibi" or Caribe, Pelleprat attempts to bridge two cultural universes.

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Jay I. Kislak Foundation	Pierre Pelleprat, Introduction a la langue des Galibis, Sauvages de la Terre Ferme de l'Amerique meridionale. Paris: Sebastien et Gabriel Cramoisy, 1655.
Pelleprat, a French Jesuit, was posted to the northern coasts of South America, where he worked with the indigenous peoples in a nominally Spanish area. In his introduction to "Galibi" or Caribe, Pelleprat attempts to bridge two cultural universes.