The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies and other countreys lying eyther way, towards t...
The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies and other countreys lying eyther way, towards the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes, as Moscouia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Æg̣ypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan : with a discourse of the northwest passage / gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richarde Eden ; newly set in order, augmented and finished by Richarde Willes.
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Imprinted at London : by Richarde Iugge, 1577.
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Date
1577.
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SAFE/ 57/5
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English
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[10], 466, [6] leaves ; 19 cm. (4to)
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Publisher
Imprinted at London : by Richarde Iugge, 1577.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1577.
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The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies and other countreys lying eyther way, towards the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes, as Moscouia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Æg̣ypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan : with a discourse of the northwest passage / gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richarde Eden ; newly set in orde...
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History of travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes
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A translation, with some omissions, of decades 1-3 of "De orbe novo" by Pietro Martire d’Anghiera; with additions from numerous other sources edited by Eden and Willes.
Errata: leaves 3O3r-3O5r.
Some decorated capitals.
Dixson Library copy at: 57/5 has the armorial bookplate of William Dixson. Early inscription of on leaf [par]6r of Gerard Dudley. Bound by W. Pratt in 19th/20th-century red morocco with gilt border and frame and gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Five raised bands on spine....
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ESTC S122069
STC 649
Sabin 1562
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SAFE/ 57/5
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74VvGZXArXwX
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991012477949702626
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