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Book/Printed Material Americae pars VIII

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Title

  • Americae pars VIII : continens primo, descriptionem trium itinerum Francisci Draken, qui peragrato primum vniuerso terrarum orbe, postea cum nobilissime equito Iohanne Hauckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit, vbi vitam suam ambo finierunt : secundo, iter ... Thomae Candisch, qui duorum ferè annorum spacio, 13000 Anglicana militaria in mari confecit, vbi describuntur quoque omnia quae in hoc itinere ipsi acciderunt, & visa sunt : tertio, duo itinera ... Gualtheri Ralegh equitis & designatis gubernatoris Regij in Anglia praesidij, nec non ... capitanei Laurentii Keyms : quibus itineribus describitur auriferum et potentissimum regnum Guiana, ab septentrionem fluminis Orenoque, aliàs Oregliana dicti, situm, cum metropoli eius Manoa & Macuieguarai, allisq[ue] finitimis regionibus & fluuis, mercibus item praestantissimis, & mercatura, quae in regno hoc exercetur

Names

  • Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, editor
  • Arthus, Gotthard, 1568-
  • Bry, Johann Israel de, -1611, engraver
  • Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623?, engraver
  • Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Impressae Francofurti ad Moenum : Per Matthaeum Becker, sumptibus dictorum Theodorici de Bry viduae & filiorum, anno MDCXIX [1599]

Headings

  • -  Cavendish, Thomas,--1560-1592
  • -  Drake, Francis,--approximately 1540-1596--Travel--America
  • -  Raleigh, Walter,--Sir,--1552?-1618--Travel--America
  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  America--Discovery and exploration--British--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germany--Frankfurt am Main

Notes

  • -  First edition, 1st issue. Includes maps on p. 78 (1st group) and p. 3 (2d group); and plates 13 and 14 printed on correct leaves. Cf. Church.
  • -  Imprint from t.p. of plates.
  • -  Signatures: AA-KK⁴ 2A-2L⁴ 2M⁶; a-e⁴ (-e4)
  • -  Plates have special t.p.: Tabulae & imagines ad septimam et octavam Americae 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 Walter Bigges; 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 Kemys.
  • -  LC copy: With the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 3. Bound together subsequent to publication.
  • -  Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 163
  • -  Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 31
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1309, Part VIII note
  • -  Sowerby, E. M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 3980
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-09-06 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-09-14 update (1 card)
  • -  G159.B7 pt. 7-8 Copy 4 transferred to the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. he18 2024-09-16

Medium

  • 78, 99, [1] p., XVIII leaves of plates : ill., maps (1 fold.) ; 36 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G159 .B7 E127
  • G159 .B7 pt. 5 Copy 3 With: America. Pars 5. Latin. [Frankfurt am Main : s.n.], 1595. Bound together subsequent to publication.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 6 copy 3 Copy 2. With the maps and plates printed as in copy 1. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus. Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 6. Latin. Francoforti] 1596. Copy 5.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 7 copy 3 A 2d copy of the preceding. 33 cm. Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 7. Latin. Francoforti] 1599. Copy 4. Plates bound in before text.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 8a Another issue. 36 cm. 2d issue; cf. Church, 164.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 7 Copy 4 Forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. No mark on the "plinth of the left-hand pier" on t.p. Plates bound before text. Bound with the editor's Americae pars VII. Francofurti, 1599. Issued separately.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50047165

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Chicago citation style:

Arthus, Gotthard, Johann Israel De Bry, Johann Theodor De Bry, Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Americae pars VIII: continens primo, descriptionem trium itinerum Francisci Draken, qui peragrato primum vniuerso terrarum orbe, postea cum nobilissime equito Iohanne Hauckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit, vbi vitam suam ambo finierunt: secundo, iter ... Thomae Candisch, qui duorum ferè annorum spacio, 0 Anglicana militaria in mari confecit, vbi describuntur quoque omnia quae in hoc itinere ipsi acciderunt, & visa sunt: tertio, duo itinera ... Gualtheri Ralegh equitis & designatis gubernatoris Regij in Anglia praesidij, nec non ... capitanei Laurentii Keyms: quibus itineribus describitur auriferum et potentissimum regnum Guiana, ab septentrionem fluminis Orenoque, aliàs Oregliana dicti, situm, cum metropoli eius Manoa & Macuieguarai, allisque finitimis regionibus & fluuis, mercibus item praestantissimis, & mercatura, quae in regno hoc exercetur. editeds by Bry, Theodor De [Impressae Francofurti ad Moenum: Per Matthaeum Becker, sumptibus dictorum Theodorici de Bry viduae & filiorum, anno MDCXIX, 1599] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50047165/.

APA citation style:

Arthus, G., Bry, J. I. D., Bry, J. T. D., Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Jefferson Exhibit Collection, Bry, T. D., ed. (1599) Americae pars VIII: continens primo, descriptionem trium itinerum Francisci Draken, qui peragrato primum vniuerso terrarum orbe, postea cum nobilissime equito Iohanne Hauckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit, vbi vitam suam ambo finierunt: secundo, iter ... Thomae Candisch, qui duorum ferè annorum spacio, 0 Anglicana militaria in mari confecit, vbi describuntur quoque omnia quae in hoc itinere ipsi acciderunt, & visa sunt: tertio, duo itinera ... Gualtheri Ralegh equitis & designatis gubernatoris Regij in Anglia praesidij, nec non ... capitanei Laurentii Keyms: quibus itineribus describitur auriferum et potentissimum regnum Guiana, ab septentrionem fluminis Orenoque, aliàs Oregliana dicti, situm, cum metropoli eius Manoa & Macuieguarai, allisque finitimis regionibus & fluuis, mercibus item praestantissimis, & mercatura, quae in regno hoc exercetur. [Impressae Francofurti ad Moenum: Per Matthaeum Becker, sumptibus dictorum Theodorici de Bry viduae & filiorum, anno MDCXIX] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50047165/.

MLA citation style:

Arthus, Gotthard, et al. Americae pars VIII: continens primo, descriptionem trium itinerum Francisci Draken, qui peragrato primum vniuerso terrarum orbe, postea cum nobilissime equito Iohanne Hauckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit, vbi vitam suam ambo finierunt: secundo, iter ... Thomae Candisch, qui duorum ferè annorum spacio, 0 Anglicana militaria in mari confecit, vbi describuntur quoque omnia quae in hoc itinere ipsi acciderunt, & visa sunt: tertio, duo itinera ... Gualtheri Ralegh equitis & designatis gubernatoris Regij in Anglia praesidij, nec non ... capitanei Laurentii Keyms: quibus itineribus describitur auriferum et potentissimum regnum Guiana, ab septentrionem fluminis Orenoque, aliàs Oregliana dicti, situm, cum metropoli eius Manoa & Macuieguarai, allisque finitimis regionibus & fluuis, mercibus item praestantissimis, & mercatura, quae in regno hoc exercetur. ed by Bry, Theodor De [Impressae Francofurti ad Moenum: Per Matthaeum Becker, sumptibus dictorum Theodorici de Bry viduae & filiorum, anno MDCXIX, 1599] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/50047165/>.