Note 629 — BOOK XII[500]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Jean Baptiste Labat (1663-1738), a Dominican friar, was sent by his Order to Martinique, in 1693, and remained stationed in the Antilles till 1705. He visited Rome in 1706. His many works include a Voyage en Espagne et en Italie (1730).—T.