The decades of the newe worlde or west India : conteynyng the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes, with the particular description of the moste ryche and large landes and ilandes lately founde in the west ocean perteynyng to the inheritaunce of the kinges of Spayne. ... Wrytten in the Latine tounge by Peter Martyr of Angleria, and translated into Englysshe by Rycharde Eden.
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| Language: | English |
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Londini :
In ædibus Guilhelmi Powell [for William Seres],
Anno. 1555.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | A translation of decades 1-3 of "De orbe novo", with additions from numerous other sources edited by Eden. Colophon reads: Imprynted at London in Paules Churchyarde at the signe of the Hedge hogge by [id est for] Wyllyam Seres. .. With 13 final contents and errata leaves. The inserted leaf after 309 is a letter from the Emperor of Russia to Edward VI. One of four variants with different publishers' names in the colophon. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([24], 309, [1], 310-361, [13] leaves : illustrations (woodcut) |