“
it’s
date about 1477. 15 years earlier than that of Rincon. accordingly in the
miniature of De Bry, the face appears more furrowed by time. on the whole I
should have no hesitation at giving this the preference over the conjectural
one of Muñoz and the miniature of De Bry . . .
”
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Part VI
Americae Pars Sexta. Sive Historiæ ab Hieronymo Bēzono Mediolanēse scriptæ, sectio tertia, res nō minus nobiles & admiratione plenas continens, quàm præcedentes duæ. In hac enim reperies,
qua ratione Hispani opulētissimas illas Peruäni regni provincias occuparint, capto Rege Atabaliba: deīde orta inter ipsos
Hispanos in eo regno civilia bella. Additus est brevis de Fortunatis insulis Comentariolus in duo capita distinctus. Item
additiones ad singular Capita Historiam illustrantes. Accessit Perväni regni chorographica Tabula. Ad Invictis: Rvdolph: ĪĪ:
Rom: Im: Avg: Omnia elegantibus figuris in æs incisis expressa à Theodoro de Bry Leod:
cive autem
Frācofurtēse.
a
o
m d xcvi
. Cum privilegio s. c. Ma
tis. [1596.]
84 leaves, engraved title within an historiated pictorial border, repeated before the plates with engraved text on a slip
pasted over the text of the first title, engraved double-page plan of Cusco, double-page map of the Western Hemisphere with
portraits of Columbus, Vespuccius, Magellan, and Pizarro, 28 numbered plates, with text in italic or roman letter.
John
Carter Brown 403.
Church 158.
Contains the final portion of Benzoni’s
Historia, a history of the Canary Islands, a History of the Expedition of the French into Florida, and the petition of the widows,
orphans, and friends of the French who had been massacred by the Spanish in 1565.
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Part VII
Americæ Pars VII. Verissima et Ivcvndissima Descriptio Praecipvarvm Qvarvndam Indiæ regionum & Insularum, quæ quidem nullis
ante hæc tempora visæ cognitæque, iam primum ab Vlrico Fabro Straubingensi, multo cum periculo inuentæ & ab eodem summa diligentia
consignatæ fuerunt, ex germanico in
latinum sermonem conuersa autore M. Gotardo Artvs Dantiscano. Illustrata verò pulcherrimis imaginibus, & in lucem emissa, studio
& opera Theodorici de Bry piæ memoriæ, relictæ viduæ & filiorum.
Anno Christi,
m. d. xcix
. Venales reperiūtur in officina Theodori de Bry. [1599.]
32 leaves, engraved title within an historiated and architectural border as in Part III, 1 unnumbered plate in the text.
John
Carter Brown 404.
Church 161.
Contains the account of the voyages of Ulrich Schmide [Ulricus Faber] to Brazil and Paraguay in 1535-1553, originally published
in 1597 in the German edition of the
Great Voyages
, Part VII.
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Part VIII
Americæ Pars VIII. Continens Primo, Descriptionem Trivm Itinervm Nobilissimi et Fortissimi Eqvitis Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato
primvm Vniverso Terrarvm Orbe, postea cum nobilissimo Equite Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam
nauigauit, vbi vitam suam ambo finierunt.
