Newe Welt vnd americanische Historien : inhaltende warhafftige vnd volkommene Beschreibungen aller west-indianischen Landschafften, Insulen, Königreichen und Provintzien, Seecusten ... in diesem halben Theil des Erdkreyses ; dessgleichen gründlicher Bericht von der Innwohner Beschaffenheit, Sitten ... vnd Gebräuchen. ... / alles auss verscheidenen west-indianischen Historien-Schreibern und mancherley Sprachen ... zusammen getragen, extrahiert, in ein richtig Ordnung der Materien und Zeit, und in diese käuffliche Form gebracht durch Johann Ludwig Gottfriedt. ; mit zugehörigen Landtafeln, Contrafacturen und ... Kupfferstücken ... geziert und verlegt, durch Mattheum Merian.
| Author/creator | Gottfried, Johann Ludwig |
| Other author | Abelin, Johann Philipp. |
| Other author | Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623? |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Frankfurt : Bey denen Merianischen Erben, 1655. |
| Description | 661 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates (5 folded) : illustrations, 4 maps, 2 plans ; 35 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Neue Welt und americanische Historien |
| Local note | Library's copy imperfect: p. 355-358 repeated and p. 359-360 misnumbered; stain on p. 313 obscures text. |
| General note | Added, engr. t. p.: Historia Antipodum oder Newe Welt. |
| General note | Originally published: Frankfurt, 1631. |
| General note | Abridgement of pts. 1-12 of Johann Theodor de Bry's German edition of the "Great voyages" as well as a reissue of pt. 14 of that work. |
| General note | There is another issue with p. [3-6], 1st count, from a different setting of type. That issue has "Flecken vnd Wohnplätzen" in title, and "vnerhörter" (instead of "unerhörter") in line 17 of title. |
| General note | Authorship has been erroneously ascribed to Johann Philipp Abelin (cf. Der königlich schwedische in Teutschland geführte Krieg / F. Gallati. Zurich, 1902). |
| General note | "Jean-Philippe Abelin published this work under the assumed name of Jean-Louis Gottfriedt. It contains a resumé of the histories of Acosta, Oviedo, Peter Martyr, Herrera, Laet &c. An account of 33 voyages to America, from Columbus to Spilbergen and Schouten; notices of the expeditions of Lemaire and Peter Heyn, the conquests of Brazil by the Dutch, and descriptions of Greenland and Spitzbergen."--Cf. Sabin. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 50. |
| Citation/References note | RLIN, CTRG01-B3237 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Other title | Historia Antipodum. |
| Other title | Newe Welt. |