Americae pars VIII. : continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm nobilissimi et fortissimi equitis Francisci Draken, qui circumnauigato vniuerso terrarum orbe, postea copiis nauticis, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panamam, in Indiam nauigauit. Secvndo, iter ... Thomae Candisch ... Tertio, duo itinera ... Gvaltheri Ralech quibus describitur ... regnum Gviana, ad septrionem fluminis Orenoque ... cuius ... tabula geographica in fronte operis occurrit. - Bry, Johann Israel de, -1611.; Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623?; Pretty, Francis; Gates, Thomas, Sir, -1621.; Bigges, Walter, -1586.; Arthus, Gotthard, 1568-; Kemys, Lawrence, -1618.; Silva, Nuño da, active 1578.; Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. (Francofvrti, Typis Erasmi Kempfferi, 1625)
Library's copy has plate from p. 137 repeated on p. 145, over which a previous owner has tipped in the appropriate plate from a copy of Gottfried's abridgement of 1655. Pages 57 and 58 are characteristically without ill.
Historiae Antipodum, pts. 1-2, form the two final sections of America, pars 9, 1st ed., and the whole of the 2nd ed.
Includes "Historiae Antipodvm sive Nova Orbis, partis nonæ liber tertivs, qvo continetur ... narratio expeditionis [under Pieter van der Does] ... validissimae classis quae ... sumptibus illustrium Belgii foederati ... Occidentalem Indiam petiit, expugnatisque ... insulis, Canariae Magna & Gomera ... diuersa litora adiuit ...", p. 129-[150], continuing the catchwords, signatures, pagination, and double column format of pt. 8.
The history of Drake's first voyage is translated from the account by Nuno da Silva; the second is based upon an account by Walter Bigges, continued by Lt. Croftes (Cripps?), and later edited by Thomas Cates ; the third is from Drake's logbook, continued by his mate. The voyage of Cavendish is by Francis Pretty; Raleigh's first voyage is written by himself; the account of the second is by Lawrence Kemys. Bry edition prepared by "M. Gotardo Artus Dantiscano". Cf. 1st ed. t.p.
Signatures: A-K⁶L⁴M-N⁶ (last blank).
Text set double column. Final page misnumbered 160 for 150.
Keywords: Does, Pieter van der, -- 1562-1599.; Raleigh, Walter, -- Sir, -- 1552?-1618.; Cavendish, Thomas, -- 1560-1592.; Drake, Francis, -- approximately 1540-1596.; Canary Islands -- Discovery and exploration; America -- Discovery and exploration -- British