Description
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- A selection, edited by Balthazar Lydius, of the papers relating to America, published in Novus orbis regionum (a collection edited by Simon Grynaeus from material collected by Johann Huttich), with the addition of Caspar Barreiros' work. The selection was originally published as: Novus orbis. Id est, navigationes primæ, Rotterdam, 1616.
- Except for the title page which appears to be a cancel, this edition consists of the same sheets as the 1616 edition.
- Signatures: [dagger]⁸ A-2M⁸ 2N⁶ ):(⁸ )(⁸ *-2*⁸ 3*¹° ([dagger]8 verso and 2N6 blank)
Citation
"Novus orbis. Hoc est, Navigationes illustriores, admirandæ et celebriores, fortissimorum heroum, Christophori Columbi. Vincentii Pinzoni, Americi Vesputii. Petri Martyris, Ferdinandi Cortesii. Nicolai Herbornii, quibus novi orbis Americæ regnorum et provinciarum situs ... continetur:
Accessit Casparis Varrerii de Ophyra regione tractatus singularis
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(1623).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:580686/
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