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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter[a] de Americo. Vespucci. pro viagio a chalicut. [Copy of letter to Piero Soderini, Gonfaloniere of the Republic of Florence.]

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Title

  • Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter[a] de Americo. Vespucci. pro viagio a chalicut. [Copy of letter to Piero Soderini, Gonfaloniere of the Republic of Florence.]

Names

  • Amerigo Vespucci

Created / Published

  • Lisbon, September 10, 1504

Headings

  • -  Discoveries in geography
  • -  Amerigo Vespucci--correspondence
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Provenance: From the Library of Padre Antonio Amoretti of the Congregazione della Madre di Dio, in the late 18th century. This is a copy of the well-known letter of Vespucci to Piero Soderini in which he narrates the much disputed history of his four voyages. He states that this work was his own abridgement of a longer work which he had composed in geographical style from the notes that he had kept on each of his voyages. Such a longer work was never published and is unknown. The text of this letter as previously known has been derived from two manuscript copies and from the printed edition made in Florence, ca. 1505. The present copy gives a great number of interesting variant readings which should serve to clarify some of the problems which have arisen in regard to the letter. Many of these variants are of a substantial nature and are not simply errors of copyists. For instance, in Vespucci's description of the battle with the Indians of the island of Uti ("Iti" in the printed edition), the text of the present manuscript is about 175 words longer than that of the printed edition. Further, he does not mention the name of Columbus in relation to his visit to Hispaniola in 1500.

Medium

  • 17 pages [one leaf is missing between 12 and 13]

Source Collection

  • Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1877

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Online Format

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Amerigo Vespucci. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Lettera de Americo. Vespucci. pro viagio a chalicut. Copy of letter to Piero Soderini, Gonfaloniere of the Republic of Florence. Lisbon, 1504. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mss31013-11901/.

APA citation style:

Amerigo Vespucci. (1504) Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Lettera de Americo. Vespucci. pro viagio a chalicut. Copy of letter to Piero Soderini, Gonfaloniere of the Republic of Florence. Lisbon. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mss31013-11901/.

MLA citation style:

Amerigo Vespucci. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Lettera de Americo. Vespucci. pro viagio a chalicut. Copy of letter to Piero Soderini, Gonfaloniere of the Republic of Florence. Lisbon, 1504. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/mss31013-11901/>.