A discovrse of a discouerie for a new passage to Cataia / written by Sir Humfrey Gilbert.
| Author/creator | Gilbert, Humphrey |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : H. Middleton for R. Ihones, 1576. |
| Description | 14 p., [60] p., [1] fold. leaf of plates : map ; 19 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Discourse of a discoverie for a new passage to Cataia |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | Title within ornamental border; verso blank. 'George Gascoigne esquire to the reader," 8.1. "A prophetical sonet of the same George Gascoine, vpon the commendable trauaile which Sir Humfrey Gilbert hath disclosed in this worke," 1.1.; verso blank. "A letter of Sir Humfrey Gilbert, knight ... concering the discourse of this discouerie,: 3 1. Table, 1. l. folding map. text, 29 unnumb. 1. "Faultes escaped in the printing," 1.l. on verson, colophon: "these bokes are to be solde at the shop of Richard Iones, at the VVest ende of Saint Paules church, betweene the brasen poller and Lollarads tower" (Preceded by globe with legend: Tvpiter desperatvr qvdqvid fieri potest.) |
| General note | "A general map, made onelye for the particvler declaration of this discovery" (heart-shaped projection, with the author's coat of arms and legend "Quid non?") |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 27351. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG04-B384 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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