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Itinerariū Portugallēsiū e Lusitania in Indiā et inde in occidentem et demum ad aquilonem. [Map of Africa]
Title
Itinerariū Portugallēsiū e Lusitania in Indiā et inde in occidentem et demum ad aquilonem. [Map of Africa]
Published
[Mediolani? 1508]
Physical Description
10 p.l., lxxviii (i.e. lxxxviii) numb. l. diagrs. 28 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN: Signature aa (2 leaves, index) and aa² bound at end.
Notes
Colophon: Operi suprema manus imposita est kalendis quintillibus. Ludouico gallian rege huius urbis īclite sceptra regēte. Iulio secūdo pōtifice maxima orthodoxā fidē feliciter moderāte: anno nr̄æ salutis. M.D.VIII.
Signatures: A⁸, aa², B-C⁸, D⁶, E-F⁸, G⁶, H⁸, I⁶, k-M⁸, N⁶.
Dedication dated: Mediolani kalendis iuiis. M.CCCCC.VIII.
Initials.
Several errors in foliation.
Caption title: Itinerarivm Portugallensium ex Vlisbona ĩ Indiani necnon in occidentem ac setemptrionē: ex vernaculo sermone in latinum traductum. Interprete Archangelo Madrignano mediolanense monacho careuallensi.
A translation of the author's Paesi nouamente ritrouati, 1507.
Includes an account of the first three voyages of Columbus, and a translation of the "Mundus novus ... " of Vespuccius.
For description of the work cf. Harrisse, Bib. amer. vetus. no. 58; Chruch cat. no. 27; John Carter Brown cat., 1919, v.1, p. 46.
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Language
Latin
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Kebabian, J.S. Henry C. Taylor collection, 43
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