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Book/Printed Material Americae nona & postrema pars

[ Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection copy ]

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Title

  • Americae nona & postrema pars : qua de ratione elementorum de Novi Orbis natura, de huius incolarum superstitiosis cultibus, deq[ue] forma politiae ac reipubl. ipsorum, copiosè pertractatur catalogo Regum Mexicanorum omnium, à primo vsqu[ue] ad vltimum Moteçumam II addito, cui etiam ritus eorum coronationis, ac sepulturae annectitur, cum enumeratione bellorum, quae mutuò Indi gesserunt ; his accessit designation ilius nauigationis, quam 5 naues Hollandicae anno 1598 per fretum Magellanum in Moluccanas insulas tentarunt quomodo nimirum oborta tempestate capitaneus Sebault de Weert à ceteris nauibus dispulsus, postquam plurimis mensibus in freto infinitis aerummis miserè iactatus fuisset, dandem infectare post biennium an. 1660 domum reuersus sit : addita est tertio nauigatio recens, quam 4 nauium praefectus Olevier à Noort proximè suscepit, qui freto Magellanico classe transmisso, triennij spatio vniuersum terrae orbem seu globum mira nauigationis sorte obiuit, annexis illis, quae in itinere isto singularia ac memorabiliora notata sunt

Names

  • Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, editor
  • Becker, Matthäus, 1576-1612, printer
  • Bry, Johann Israel de, -1611, engraver
  • Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623, engraver
  • Acosta, José de, 1540-1600
  • Noort, Olivier van, 1558 or 1559-1627
  • Potgieter, Barent Jansz, 1574-
  • Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Francof. : Apud Matth. Beckerum, 1602.

Headings

  • -  Weert, Sebald de,--1567-1603
  • -  Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800
  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germany--Frankfurt am Main

Notes

  • -  First edition. Cf. Church.
  • -  Title within engraved ornamental figurative border.
  • -  Signatures: )(⁴ A-2X⁴ 2Y⁶ (2Y6 blank) AA-GG⁴ 2a-2e⁴ 2f⁶ 3a-3d⁴ (3d4 blank).
  • -  Each part has special dated t.p.
  • -  The 1st part, De Novi Orbis natura, is by José de Acosta.
  • -  Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 168
  • -  Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 31
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1309, Part IX note
  • -  Sowerby, E. M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 3981
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-09-07 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-09-15 update (1 card)
  • -  G159.B7 pt. 9 Copy 2 transferred to the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. he18 2024-09-16

Medium

  • [8], 362, [2], 56 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 36 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G159 .B7 pt. 9 E141
  • G159 .B7 pt. 9 Copy 2 36 cm. Forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Plates (in two sets, numbered XIV, XXV respectively) bound between parts 1 and 2, with second set bound before first set.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 9 Copy 3 33 cm. Imperfect: wanting last group of 100 p. (Noort's Additamentum; the plates for the Additamentum are included)
  • G159 .B7 pt. 5 Copy 3 Rosenwald Coll Copy 3. 36 cm. Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 3.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 6 copy 3 Copy 5. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus. Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 6. Latin. Francoforti] 1596. Copy 5.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50004218

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Becker, Matthäus, Printer, Johann Israel De Bry, Johann Theodor De Bry, José De Acosta, Olivier Van Noort, Barent Jansz Potgieter, Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Americae nona & postrema pars: qua de ratione elementorum de Novi Orbis natura, de huius incolarum superstitiosis cultibus, deque forma politiae ac reipubl. ipsorum, copiosè pertractatur catalogo Regum Mexicanorum omnium, à primo vsquue ad vltimum Moteçumam II addito, cui etiam ritus eorum coronationis, ac sepulturae annectitur, cum enumeratione bellorum, quae mutuò Indi gesserunt ; his accessit designation ilius nauigationis, quam 5 naues Hollandicae annoper fretum Magellanum in Moluccanas insulas tentarunt quomodo nimirum oborta tempestate capitaneus Sebault de Weert à ceteris nauibus dispulsus, postquam plurimis mensibus in freto infinitis aerummis miserè iactatus fuisset, dandem infectare post biennium an. 1660 domum reuersus sit: addita est tertio nauigatio recens, quam 4 nauium praefectus Olevier à Noort proximè suscepit, qui freto Magellanico classe transmisso, triennij spatio vniuersum terrae orbem seu globum mira nauigationis sorte obiuit, annexis illis, quae in itinere isto singularia ac memorabiliora notata sunt. editeds by Bry, Theodor De Francof.: Apud Matth. Beckerum, 1602. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/50004218/.

APA citation style:

Becker, M., Bry, J. I. D., Bry, J. T. D., Acosta, J. D., Noort, O. V., Potgieter, B. J. [...] Jefferson Exhibit Collection, Bry, T. D., ed. (1602) Americae nona & postrema pars: qua de ratione elementorum de Novi Orbis natura, de huius incolarum superstitiosis cultibus, deque forma politiae ac reipubl. ipsorum, copiosè pertractatur catalogo Regum Mexicanorum omnium, à primo vsquue ad vltimum Moteçumam II addito, cui etiam ritus eorum coronationis, ac sepulturae annectitur, cum enumeratione bellorum, quae mutuò Indi gesserunt ; his accessit designation ilius nauigationis, quam 5 naues Hollandicae annoper fretum Magellanum in Moluccanas insulas tentarunt quomodo nimirum oborta tempestate capitaneus Sebault de Weert à ceteris nauibus dispulsus, postquam plurimis mensibus in freto infinitis aerummis miserè iactatus fuisset, dandem infectare post biennium an. 1660 domum reuersus sit: addita est tertio nauigatio recens, quam 4 nauium praefectus Olevier à Noort proximè suscepit, qui freto Magellanico classe transmisso, triennij spatio vniuersum terrae orbem seu globum mira nauigationis sorte obiuit, annexis illis, quae in itinere isto singularia ac memorabiliora notata sunt. Francof.: Apud Matth. Beckerum. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/50004218/.

MLA citation style:

Becker, Matthäus, Printer, et al. Americae nona & postrema pars: qua de ratione elementorum de Novi Orbis natura, de huius incolarum superstitiosis cultibus, deque forma politiae ac reipubl. ipsorum, copiosè pertractatur catalogo Regum Mexicanorum omnium, à primo vsquue ad vltimum Moteçumam II addito, cui etiam ritus eorum coronationis, ac sepulturae annectitur, cum enumeratione bellorum, quae mutuò Indi gesserunt ; his accessit designation ilius nauigationis, quam 5 naues Hollandicae annoper fretum Magellanum in Moluccanas insulas tentarunt quomodo nimirum oborta tempestate capitaneus Sebault de Weert à ceteris nauibus dispulsus, postquam plurimis mensibus in freto infinitis aerummis miserè iactatus fuisset, dandem infectare post biennium an. 1660 domum reuersus sit: addita est tertio nauigatio recens, quam 4 nauium praefectus Olevier à Noort proximè suscepit, qui freto Magellanico classe transmisso, triennij spatio vniuersum terrae orbem seu globum mira nauigationis sorte obiuit, annexis illis, quae in itinere isto singularia ac memorabiliora notata sunt. ed by Bry, Theodor De Francof.: Apud Matth. Beckerum, 1602. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/50004218/>.