Mundus nouus / [by Amerigo Vespucci].

Author/creator Vespucci, Amerigo
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Massachusetts Historical Society, 1920.
Description[19] p. : ill., facsims. ; 16 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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Variant title Binder's title: Letter of Vespuccius
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Americana series : photostat reproductions by the Massachusetts Historical Society ; no. 14
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Local noteColonization.
Local note2013AJ08400.
General noteBelow the title is the printer's device of Denis Roce. Date in ms. 1503?.
General noteBlack letter.
General noteAt head of text: Mundus nouus de natura et morib[us] et ceteris id generis gẽtis q̃ in nouo mũdo opa limpẽsis serenissimi portugallie regis superioribus annis inuẽto. Albericus vesputius Laurẽtio petri de medicis Salutem plurimam dicit.
General noteAt end: Ex italica in latinam linguam jocundus interpres hanc epistolam vertit. vt latini oẽs intelligant q[ue] multa miranda in dies reperiantur. [sic] et eorum comprimatur audacia q[ui] celum et maiestatem scrutari et plus sapere q[ue] liceat sapere volunt. quando tanto tempore quo mundus cepit ignota sit vastitas terre, et que contineantur in eo. Laus deo.
General noteAn account of the third voyage, probably printed in 1503 or 1504.
General noteOriginally published: [Paris] : Denis Roce, [1506].
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 99338.

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