Copie de la requeste presentee au roy d'Espagne par le Capitaine Pierre Ferdinand de Quir sur la des...
Copie de la requeste presentee au roy d'Espagne par le Capitaine Pierre Ferdinand de Quir sur la descouuerte de la cinquiesme partie du monde, appellee la terre Australle, incogneuë, & des grandes richesses & fertilité d'icelle.
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Publisher
A Paris : [name of publisher not known], MDCXVII [1617].
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Date
MDCXVII [1617].
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SAFE 1/5h , SAFE/ 61/8
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Language
French
Latin, Spanish
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Physical Description
Physical content
16 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Publication information
Publisher
A Paris : [name of publisher not known], MDCXVII [1617].
Date Published
MDCXVII [1617].
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Dixson Library copy at SAFE/ 61/8 : Supervised access only by appointment through Manager Access & Information.
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Copie de la requeste presentee au roy d'Espagne par le Capitaine Pierre Ferdinand de Quir sur la descouuerte de la cinquiesme partie du monde, appellee la terre Australle, incogneuë, & des grandes richesses & fertilité d'icelle.
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Notes
General note
Translated from Gerritszoon's 1612 Latin translation.
Text has added polite phraseology, such as, treehumble serviteur & subject de vostre Majeste, which is repeated with additional corruptions in W.B.'s 1617 English translation.
Mitchell Library copy has the bookplate of Alfred Lee. Bound by Bedford in 19th-century red morocco with gilt and blind border and frame, gilt spine tooling, inner dentelles and edges, and marbled endpapers....
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SAFE 1/5h , SAFE/ 61/8
Record Identifier
74VvGpXGqvaZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvGpXGqvaZ
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991012492449702626
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