Central America.- Gage (Thomas) A New Survey of the West-Indies being a journal of Three thousand and Three hundred Miles within the main Land of America, fourth edition, lacking folding map of Mexico, several ink annotations to ff., title, and front endpapers dated 1722 and 1912, front endpaper loose, tear within text without loss DD7, a few spots and stains, some surface soiling and browning, contemporary panelled calf, spine with red morocco label, ink ownership inscription to upper cover, joints cracking, general cracking and wear, [ESTC R17710; Wing G115], 8vo, M. Clark for F. Nicholson, 1699.

⁂ Blending travel writing and ethnography, this work is one of the earliest English-language accounts of 17th-century Central America. Written by Thomas Gage, a former Dominican friar turned English Protestant, it offers a vivid firsthand perspective on Spanish colonial life, exposing corruption and the oppression of Indigenous peoples.

Provenance: One of the ink ownership inscriptions on the front endpapers reads "Rose Neville 1912"—referring to the WW1 diarist who documented London air raids, the suffrage movement, and early aviation. Her writings offer a rare insight into the evolving roles of women at the time, including her experience casting her first vote.