The life and voyages of Americus Vespucius : with illustrations concerning the navigator, and the discovery of the New World /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lester, C. Edwards (Charles Edwards), 1815-1890
Other Authors:	Foster, Andrew, Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512, Canovai, Stanislao, 1740-1811, Toscanelli, Paolo del Pozzo, 1397-1482, Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Baker & Scribner, 1846.
Subjects:	Vespucci, Amerigo, > 1451-1512. Gama, Vasco da, > 1469-1524. Ojeda, Alonso de, > approximately 1466-approximately 1515. Cosa, Juan de la, > -1510. Vespucci family. Discoveries in geography. America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish.

Description
Physical Description:	xviii pages, 1 ., [21]-431 pages including diagram : frontispiece (portrait) folded genealogical tables ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	pt. I. Biography [including Vespucci's letters of his four voyages]--pt. II. Illustrations. [I] Eulogium of Americus Vespucius [by S. Canovai] II. A narrative addressed to Lorenzo di Pier-Francesco de' Medici; giving an account of the voyage and discoveries of Vasco da Gama beyond the cape of Good Hope, the authorship of which has been attributed to Americus Vespucius. III. Letters of Paolo Toscanelli to Columbus. IV. Marco Polo and his travels. V. Fellow-voyagers of Americus. Alonzo de Ojeda and Juan de la Cosa [abridged mainly from Irving's Lives of the companions of Columbus] VI Documents relating to Americus Vespucius: Presented in the collection of Navarrete. VII. Letter of M. Ranke to M. de Humboldt. respecting the correspondence of Americus with Soderine and De' Medici. VIII. The Vespucci family.