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Book/Printed Material The historie of the VVest-Indies Historie of the West-Indies

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Title

  • The historie of the VVest-Indies : containing the acts and adventures of the Spaniards, which haue conquered and peopled those countries : inriched with varietie of pleasant relation of the manners, ceremonies, lawes, gouernments, and warres of the Indians

Other Title

  • Historie of the West-Indies

Names

  • Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-1526
  • Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
  • Lok, Michael, 1531 or 1532-
  • Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576
  • Hebb, Andrew, -1648, bookseller
  • Kennett, White, 1660-1728, inscriber
  • English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for Andrew Hebb ..., [1625?]

Headings

  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Reissue, with new t-p., of "De orbe nouo ... London, T. Adams, 1612", without the "Epistola dedicatoria" (4 p.)--"Hebb, 6 May, 1625, entred for his copies ... of ... bookes ... which did lately belong to master Adams ... His parte of the English viages [by R. Hakluyt.]" cf. Arber, Stat. reg., v. 4, p. 101 (IV. 139)
  • -  Decades 1-4 translated by Richard Eden, decades 5-8 by Michael Lok.
  • -  Signatures: [A]1 B-2S⁸.
  • -  LC copy has inscription: Wh. Kennett.
  • -  STC (2nd ed.) 651
  • -  Sowerby, E.M. Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson 4083
  • -  Special Files Project; vb59 11-14-2007
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1987.058.00.0001.
  • -  LAC snh 2019-05-01 no edits (2 card)

Medium

  • [3], 318 leaves ; 20 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E141 .A60
  • E141 .A60 Copy 2 Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02010491

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Anghiera, Pietro Martire D', Richard Hakluyt, Michael Lok, Richard Eden, Andrew Hebb, White Kennett, English Printing Collection, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. The historie of the VVest-Indies: containing the acts and adventures of the Spaniards, which haue conquered and peopled those countries: inriched with varietie of pleasant relation of the manners, ceremonies, lawes, gouernments, and warres of the Indians. [London: Printed for Andrew Hebb ..., ?, 1625] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02010491/.

APA citation style:

Anghiera, P. M. D., Hakluyt, R., Lok, M., Eden, R., Hebb, A., Kennett, W. [...] Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1625) The historie of the VVest-Indies: containing the acts and adventures of the Spaniards, which haue conquered and peopled those countries: inriched with varietie of pleasant relation of the manners, ceremonies, lawes, gouernments, and warres of the Indians. [London: Printed for Andrew Hebb ..., ?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02010491/.

MLA citation style:

Anghiera, Pietro Martire D', et al. The historie of the VVest-Indies: containing the acts and adventures of the Spaniards, which haue conquered and peopled those countries: inriched with varietie of pleasant relation of the manners, ceremonies, lawes, gouernments, and warres of the Indians. [London: Printed for Andrew Hebb ..., ?, 1625] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/02010491/>.