Joannis Bisselii, è Societate Jesu, Argonauticon Americanorum, sive, Historiae periculorum Petri de Victoria, ac sociorum eius, libri xv.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bissel, Johann, 1601-1682
Other Authors: Straub, Lukas, fl. 1645-1692 (Printer), Kilian, Wolfgang, 1581-1662 (Engraver), Gobeo de Victoria, Pedro, 1560-1630?
Format: Book
Language:Latin
Created: Monachii [Munich], : Formis Lucae Straubii, sumptibus Ioannis VVagneri bibliopolae., 1647.
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Item Description:Signatures:)(¹² A-V¹² X⁶. Verso of)(1 is blank.
Signature errors: Q4 misprinted as Q6.
Added, illustrated, engraved t.p. signed Wolfg. Killian. Title reads: Johannis Bisselii e Societate Jesu Argonauticôn Americanorum, sive.
Engraved map on p. [24].
Woodcut title vignette, initials and tail-pieces.
Erratum note on p. [12] at end.
Rather than a straight translation, as described in the bibliographies, this appears to be an adaptation with commentary of Pedro Gobeo de Victoria's brief account of his experiences (published in Seville in 1610), variously known as Su naufragio y viaje en la costa del Piru or Naufragio y peregrinacion de Pedro Gobeo de Vitoria.
Dedication to Ferdinandus Laurentius, count of Wartenberg; dedication to Joannes Samson, signed Ilibessus.
Includes indexes.
Physical Description:[24], 480, [12] p., [1] leaf of plates : map ; 13 cm. (12mo)
Place of Publication:Germany -- Munich.