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Book/Printed Material Americae pars sexta, sive, Historiae ab Hieronymo Be[n]zono Mediolane[n]se scriptae, sectio tertia, res no[n] minus nobiles & admiratione plenas continens, quàm praecedentes duae Americae pars sexta / Historiae ab Hieronymo Benzono Mediolanense scriptae, sectio tertia, res non minus nobilis & admiratione plenas continens, quàm praecedentes duae

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Title

  • Americae pars sexta, sive, Historiae ab Hieronymo Be[n]zono Mediolane[n]se scriptae, sectio tertia, res no[n] minus nobiles & admiratione plenas continens, quàm praecedentes duae : in hac enim reperies, qua ratione Hispani opule[n]tissimas illas Peruäni regni provincias occuparint, capto Rege Atabaliba, dei[n]de orta inter ipsos Hispanos in eo regno civilia bella : additus est brevis de Fortunatis insulis co[m]mentariolus in duo capita distinctus : item additiones ad singula capita historiam illustrantes : accessit Peruäni regni chorographica tabula

Other Title

  • Americae pars sexta
  • Historiae ab Hieronymo Benzono Mediolanense scriptae, sectio tertia, res non minus nobilis & admiratione plenas continens, quàm praecedentes duae

Names

  • Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
  • Chauveton, Urbain, -approximately 1616
  • Benzoni, Girolamo, 1519-1572?
  • Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Frankfurt am Main : s.n.], 1596.

Headings

  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  Canary Islands--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
  • -  Florida--History--Huguenot colony, 1562-1565
  • -  Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548
  • -  Germany--Frankfurt am Main

Notes

  • -  Engraved t.p.; map and plan on double leaves of plates; the t.p., with a new engraved title on a slip mounted over the original text, is repeated preceding the plates which are numbered 1-28.
  • -  Part VI contains the third part of Girolamo Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo; the remaining text was published in parts IV and V. De Bry utilized Urbain Chauveton's Latin edition which was first published at Geneva in 1578.
  • -  Signatures: A-M⁴ N⁶, A-F⁴ G⁶(-G6).
  • -  Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 158
  • -  Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 31
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1309, Part VI note
  • -  Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, III, p. 39
  • -  Sowerby, E. M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 3978
  • -  G159.B7 pt. 6 Copy 1 NOS: vj16 2007-03-02.
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 2002.084.00.0001.
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-09-06 update (1 card)
  • -  G159.B7 pt. 5-6 Copy 1 transferred to the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. he18 2024-09-16

Medium

  • 108, [2] p., [32] leaves of plates : ill., map, plan (engravings) ; 36 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G159 .B7 pt. 6 F1442
  • G159 .B7 Copy 1 36 cm. With: America. Pars 5. Latin. [Frankfurt am Main : s.n.], 1595. Bound together subsequent to publication.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 4 Copy 3 With: Bry, Theodor de. Americae pars quarta, sive, Insignis & admiranda historia de reperta primùm Occidentalis India à Christophoro Columbo anno M. CCCCXCII. Impressum Francofurti ad Moenum : Typis Ioannis Feyrabend, impensis Theodori de Bry, 1594. Bound together subsequent to publication. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 5 Copy 3 Rosenwald collection. With other titles. Bound together subsequent to publication.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 5 Copy 4. 33 cm. Without the slip on the t.p. to the plates. Leaves cropped. Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 1.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 6 Copy 3 36 cm. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus. Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 7. Latin. Francoforti] 1599; [America. pt. 8. Latin. Francofvrti] 1599; [America. pt. 9. Latin] Francof., 1602.
  • Thacher A649

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50047196

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Chicago citation style:

Bry, Theodor De, Urbain Chauveton, Girolamo Benzoni, Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection, Jay I. Kislak Collection, John Boyd Thacher Collection, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Americae pars sexta, sive, Historiae ab Hieronymo Benzono Mediolanense scriptae, sectio tertia, res non minus nobiles & admiratione plenas continens, quàm praecedentes duae: in hac enim reperies, qua ratione Hispani opulentissimas illas Peruäni regni provincias occuparint, capto Rege Atabaliba, deinde orta inter ipsos Hispanos in eo regno civilia bella: additus est brevis de Fortunatis insulis commentariolus in duo capita distinctus: item additiones ad singula capita historiam illustrantes: accessit Peruäni regni chorographica tabula. [Frankfurt am Main: s.n, 1596] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/50047196/.

APA citation style:

Bry, T. D., Chauveton, U., Benzoni, G., Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection, Jay I. Kislak Collection, John Boyd Thacher Collection [...] Jefferson Exhibit Collection. (1596) Americae pars sexta, sive, Historiae ab Hieronymo Benzono Mediolanense scriptae, sectio tertia, res non minus nobiles & admiratione plenas continens, quàm praecedentes duae: in hac enim reperies, qua ratione Hispani opulentissimas illas Peruäni regni provincias occuparint, capto Rege Atabaliba, deinde orta inter ipsos Hispanos in eo regno civilia bella: additus est brevis de Fortunatis insulis commentariolus in duo capita distinctus: item additiones ad singula capita historiam illustrantes: accessit Peruäni regni chorographica tabula. [Frankfurt am Main: s.n] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/50047196/.

MLA citation style:

Bry, Theodor De, et al. Americae pars sexta, sive, Historiae ab Hieronymo Benzono Mediolanense scriptae, sectio tertia, res non minus nobiles & admiratione plenas continens, quàm praecedentes duae: in hac enim reperies, qua ratione Hispani opulentissimas illas Peruäni regni provincias occuparint, capto Rege Atabaliba, deinde orta inter ipsos Hispanos in eo regno civilia bella: additus est brevis de Fortunatis insulis commentariolus in duo capita distinctus: item additiones ad singula capita historiam illustrantes: accessit Peruäni regni chorographica tabula. [Frankfurt am Main: s.n, 1596] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/50047196/>.