The first three English books on America.
-1555 A.D. Being chiefly translations, compilations, &c., by Richard Eden, from the writings, maps, &c., of Pietro Martire, of Anghiera (1455-1526) Sebastian Münster, the cosmographer (1489-1552) Sebastian Cabot, of Bristol (1474-1557) with extracts, &c., from the works of other Spanish, Italian, and German writers of the time.
Edited by Edward Arber.

Description

Main Author

Arber, Edward, 1836-1912.

Related Names

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552.
Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-1526.
Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576.

Language(s)

English

Published

Westminster, A. Constable and co., 1895.

Subjects

Eden, Richard, > Eden, Richard, / 1521?-1576.
Voyages and travels.
America > America / Early accounts to 1600.

Note

Index of personal names and names of places, chiefly outside Europe.
Preface contains an account of the earliest English voyages to America.
Half-title (p. 1-2) : "Richard Eden's contribution to our literature ..."
With reprints of original title-pages.

Physical Description

xlviii, 408 p. 29 x 23 cm.

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