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Title

  • Nouus orbis regionum ac insularum ueteribus incognitarum : unà cum tabula cosmographica, & aliquot alijs consimilis argumenti libellis, quorum omnium catalogus sequenti patebit pagina : his accessit copiosus rerum memorabilium index.

Other Title

  • Novvs orbis regionvm ac insvlarum veteribvs incognitarvm
  • Novus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum

Names

  • Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543.
  • Huttich, Johann, 1480?-1544.
  • Grynäus, Simon, 1493-1541.
  • Herwagen, Johann, 1497-1559?, printer.
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Basileae : Apud Io. Heruagium, mense Martio, anno 1532.

Contents

  • (from t.p. verso) Praefatio Simonis Grynaei ad Collimitium -- In tabulam cosmographiae introductio per Sebastianum Munsterum -- Aloysij Cadamusti nauigatio ad terras ignotas, Archangelo Madrignano interprete -- Christophori Columbi nauigatio ex iussu Hispanie regis, ad multas insulas hactenus incognitas, eodem Madrignano interprete -- Petri Alonsi nauigatio, eodem interprete -- Pinzoni nauigatio, eodem interprete -- Alberici Vesputij nauigationum epitome -- Petri Aliaris nauigationis, & epistolarum quorundam mercatorum opusculum -- Iosephi Indi nauigationes -- Americi Vesputij nauigationes IIII -- Epistola Emanuelis regis Portugalliae ad Leone[m] X. Pont. Max. de uictorijs habitis in India & Malacha &c. -- Ludouici Rom. patritij nauigationum Aethiopiæ, Aegypti, utrisq[ue] Arabie, Persidis, Syriae, Indiae, intra & extra Gangem, libri VII Archangelo Madrignano interprete -- Locorum Terrae Sancte, exactissima descriptio, autore F. Brocardo Monacho -- M. Pauli Veneti De regionibus Orientalibus libri III -- Haithoni Armeni ordinis Praemonstrat. De Tartaris liber -- Mathiae à Michou De Sarmatia Asiana atq[ue] Europea. lib. II -- Pauli Iouij Nouocomensis de Moschouitarum legatione liber -- Petri Martyris De insulis nuper repertis liber -- Erasmi Stellae De Borussiae antiquitatibus lib. II.

Headings

  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800
  • -  America--Discovery and exploration
  • -  Switzerland--Basel

Notes

  • -  Compiled by Johann Huttich; with preface by Simon Grynäus.
  • -  Map engraved by Hans Holbein, the Younger.
  • -  Page 586 misnumbered 584.
  • -  Signatures: [alpha]-[delta]⁶ a-z⁶ A-2C⁶.
  • -  Register on colophon leaf.
  • -  Alden, J.E. European Americana, 532/17
  • -  Harrisse, H. Americana, 171
  • -  Sabin 34100
  • -  Thacher, II, p. 34 (Americana)
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 898
  • -  Includes index.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: p. [37]-[48] (preliminary sequence) wanting; map in state designated as "B" in Harrisse.
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1992.007.00.0004
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-04-08 no edits (4 cards)
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-04-16 review

Medium

  • [48], 584 [i.e. 586], [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map. (woodcuts) ; 32 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E141 .N93
  • E141 .N93 Copy 2 Harrisse map "A." On t.p. in ink: "Ambrosius Ypphoffer sibi et suis; Ex bibliotheca F.F. Min: Reform. Brixinae apud sorores 1654." Bound with blind stamped half leather over wooden boards, with metal clasps, one broken; ms. leaves pasted inside covers and overlaid with later blank leaves as paste downs.
  • E141 .N93 Copy 3 Harrisse map "B". Contemporary blind-stamped vellum binding with wooden boards. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation; inscribed presentation copy, dated 1569; label of Harrison D. Horblit; label: Ex libris TWS.
  • Thacher A803 Copy 1 Harrisse map "A." Lacks final leaf with colophon and register.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05007741

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Holbein, Hans, Johann Huttich, Simon Grynäus, Johann Herwagen, John Boyd Thacher Collection, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Nouus Orbis Regionum Ac Insularum Ueteribus Incognitarum: Unà Cum Tabula Cosmographica, & Aliquot Alijs Consimilis Argumenti Libellis, Quorum Omnium Catalogus Sequenti Patebit Pagina: His Accessit Copiosus Rerum Memorabilium Index. Basileae: Apud Io. Heruagium, mense Martio, anno, 1532. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/05007741/.

APA citation style:

Holbein, H., Huttich, J., Grynäus, S., Herwagen, J., John Boyd Thacher Collection, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1532) Nouus Orbis Regionum Ac Insularum Ueteribus Incognitarum: Unà Cum Tabula Cosmographica, & Aliquot Alijs Consimilis Argumenti Libellis, Quorum Omnium Catalogus Sequenti Patebit Pagina: His Accessit Copiosus Rerum Memorabilium Index. Basileae: Apud Io. Heruagium, mense Martio, anno. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/05007741/.

MLA citation style:

Holbein, Hans, et al. Nouus Orbis Regionum Ac Insularum Ueteribus Incognitarum: Unà Cum Tabula Cosmographica, & Aliquot Alijs Consimilis Argumenti Libellis, Quorum Omnium Catalogus Sequenti Patebit Pagina: His Accessit Copiosus Rerum Memorabilium Index. Basileae: Apud Io. Heruagium, mense Martio, anno, 1532. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/05007741/>.