Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato primvm vniverso terrarvm orbe, postea cum ... Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit ... Secvndo, iter ... Thomæ Candisch ... Tertio duo itinera ... Gvaltheri Ralegh ... nec non ... capitanei Lavrentii Keyms. Qvibvs ... describitvr ... regnum Gviana ... Primo Anglicana lingva sparsim consignata: iam verò in vnum corpus redacta, & in latinum sermonem conuersa, auctore Gotardo Artvs. Figuris illustrata & in lucem emissa, opera & sumptibus T. de Bry relictæ viduæ & filiorum [i.e. J. T. and J. I. de Bry].

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Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598 [Browse]
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Latin
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[Francofvrti ad Moenvm, Impressæ per M. Becker] 1599.
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78, 99 p. 18 plates, maps (1 fold.) 35 cm.

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    Multi-title collection including Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato primvm vniverso terrarvm orbe, postea cum ... Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit ... Secvndo, iter ... Thomæ Candisch ... Tertio duo itinera ... Gvaltheri Ralegh ... nec non ... capitanei Lavrentii Keyms. Qvibvs ... describitvr ... regnum Gviana ... Primo Anglicana lingva sparsim consignata and 2 other(s).
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    • Plates have special t.p.: Tabulæ & imagines ad septimam et octavam Americæ partem ...
    • The history of Drake's first voyage is translated from the account by Nuno da Silva; the second is based upon an account by Thomas Cates; the third is from Drake's logbook, continued by his mate. The voyage of Cavendish is by Francis Pretty; Raleigh 's first voyage is written by himself; the account of the second is by Lawrence Kenys.
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    • WHS copy has bookplates of Edward Henry Scott and Samuel Scott.
    • WHS copy acquired 8/5/41 from Maggs; inv. 879.
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    Multi-title collection including Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato primvm vniverso terrarvm orbe, postea cum ... Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit ... Secvndo, iter ... Thomæ Candisch ... Tertio duo itinera ... Gvaltheri Ralegh ... nec non ... capitanei Lavrentii Keyms. Qvibvs ... describitvr ... regnum Gviana ... Primo Anglicana lingva sparsim consignata and 2 other(s).
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    50047165
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    7459671
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