The History of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies : and other countreys lying eyther way towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes. As Moscouia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Aegypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan: VVith a discourse of the Northwest passage. In the hande of our Lorde be all the corners of the earth. Psal. 94. /

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Main Author: Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-1526
Other Authors: Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576 (ed.), Willes, Richard, fl. 1558-1573 (ed.), Fernǹdez de Oviedo y Valdš, Gonzalo, 1478-1557, Pigafetta, Antonio, ca. 1480-ca. 1534, Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552, Gastaldi, Giacomo, ca. 1500-ca. 1565, Jugge, Richard, ca. 1514-1577 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Imprinted at London : By Richarde Iugge., 1577.
Subjects:
Jenkinson, Anthony, > d. 1611.
Frobisher, Martin, > Sir, > 1535?-1594.
Jesuits > China > Early works to 1800.
Jesuits > Japan > Early works to 1800.
Voyages and travels > Early works to 1800.
Indians > Early works to 1800.
America > Discovery and exploration > Early works to 1800.
West Indies > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Russia > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Iran > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Scandinavia > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
China > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Guinea > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Japan > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
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Item Description:Signatures: 4to: (.)? [fleuron]? A-B? C-3O? [
Printed in black letter; initials; marginal references.
Originally published in 1555.
Errata: leaves [1-3] at the end.
Includes the 1st three Decades of P. Martyr d'Anghiera, Pope Alexander VI's Demarcation Bull of 1493, Oviedo's History of the West Indies, Pigaffetta's circumnavigation account, 'The stryfe betwene the Spanyards and Portugales' from Gomara, an abridgement of Anghiera's 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th decades, etc.
Eden's "Decades of the newe worlde", 1555, rearranged, some parts omitted, and a number of translations added.
Woodcut of polar stars verso of leaf 436.
Physical Description:[10], 466, [6] leaves : ill. ; 20 cm. (4to) + 1 v. (unpaged) vendor description.
Place of Publication:England -- London.

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