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100 1 a| Lopes, Duarte.=| ^A902895;

240 10 a| Relatione del reame di Congo.l| English=| ^A902895;

245 02 a| A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa :b| And of the countries that border rounde about the same. 1. Wherein is also shewed, that the two zones torrida & frigida, are not onely habitable, but inhabited, and very temperate, contrary to the opinion of the old philosophers. 2. That the blacke colour which is in the skinnes of the Ethiopians and Negroes &c. proceedeth not from the sunne. 3. And that the Riuer Nilus springeth not out of the mountains of the Moone, as hath been heretofore beleeued: together with the true cause of the rising and increasing thereof. 4. Besides the description of diuers plants, fishes and beastes, that are found in those countries. Drawen out of the writinges and discourses of Odoardo Lopez a Portingall, by Philippo Pigafetta. Translated out of Italian by Abraham Hartwell.;

246 2 a| Relatione del reame di Congo.;

246 2 a| Reporte of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa.;

260 a| London :b| Printed by Iohn Wolfe,c| 1597.;

300 a| [22], 217, [3] p., [2] folded plates :b| ill. (woodcut), maps;

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500 a| A translation by Abraham Hartwell of: Lopes, Duarte. Relatione del reame di Congo.;

500 a| Signatures: [fleuron]⁴ (-[fleuron]4, +2*2) *⁴ 2*² (-2*2) A-2E⁴.;

500 a| A2 is an additional title page: A reporte of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa.;

500 a| 2*2 cancels [fleuron]4; verso, line 2 up, has "glykerōteron". Variant: [fleuron]4 uncancelled, with reading "glyketrōteron".;

500 a| The engraved maps are signed "Willia[m] Rogers". The map of the Congo comes in two states: (1) lacking or (2) including the arms of Alvarus, first king of the Congo, in upper right. Copies having the map in state 1 should have an additional woodcut, numbered 9, showing the coat of arms, inserted following S3; this is omitted in collation above.;

500 a| Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.;

510 4 a| STC (2nd ed.)c| 16805.;

651 4 a| Congo (Brazzaville)x| Description and travelv| Early works to 1800.=| ^A172843;

700 1 a| Pigafetta, Filippo,d| 1533-1604.=| ^A902896;

700 1 a| Hartwell, Abraham,d| b. 1553.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

830 0 a| Early English books online.=| ^A888680;

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A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa : And of the countries that border rounde about the same. 1. Wherein is also shewed, that the two zones torrida & frigida, are not onely habitable, but inhabited, and very temperate, contrary to the opinion of the old philosophers. 2. That the blacke colour which is in the skinnes of the Ethiopians and Negroes &c. proceedeth not from the sunne. 3. And that the Riuer Nilus springeth not out of the mountains of the Moone, as hath been heretofore beleeued: together with the true cause of the rising and increasing thereof. 4. Besides the description of diuers plants, fishes and beastes, that are found in those countries. Drawen out of the writinges and discourses of Odoardo Lopez a Portingall, by Philippo Pigafetta. Translated out of Italian by Abraham Hartwell.

Author/creator	Lopes, Duarte
Other author	Pigafetta, Filippo, 1533-1604.
Other author	Hartwell, Abraham, b. 1553.
Other author	Rogers, William, b. ca. 1545, engraver.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	London : Printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1597.
Description	[22], 217, [3] p., [2] folded plates : ill. (woodcut), maps
Supplemental Content	https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240866527
Subjects	Congo (Brazzaville)--Description and travel. --Early works to 1800.

Uniform title	Relatione del reame di Congo. English
Variant title	Relatione del reame di Congo.
Variant title	Reporte of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa.
Series	Early English books online. ^A888680
General note	A translation by Abraham Hartwell of: Lopes, Duarte. Relatione del reame di Congo.
General note	Signatures: [fleuron]⁴ (-[fleuron]4, +22) ⁴ 2² (-22) A-2E⁴.
General note	A2 is an additional title page: A reporte of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa.
General note	2*2 cancels [fleuron]4; verso, line 2 up, has "glykerōteron". Variant: [fleuron]4 uncancelled, with reading "glyketrōteron".
General note	The engraved maps are signed "Willia[m] Rogers". The map of the Congo comes in two states: (1) lacking or (2) including the arms of Alvarus, first king of the Congo, in upper right. Copies having the map in state 1 should have an additional woodcut, numbered 9, showing the coat of arms, inserted following S3; this is omitted in collation above.
General note	Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
References	STC (2nd ed.) 16805.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 407:01)
Stock number	CL0036000012 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218

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