Anghiera, Pietro Martire d' (1457-1526).

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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Description

The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes. London: Richard Jugge, 1577

8vo (179 x 129mm.), ff. [10], 466, [6], Black Letter, illustration: woodcut illustration of the stars around the Antarctic pole, woodcut historiated initials, binding: contemporary calf, blind and gilt fillet border, gilt centrepiece, small tears with loss (not affecting text) to some leaves, a few headlines shaved, slight staining, binding worn

Literature

STC 649; Alden 577/2; Sabin 1562; Church 119

Catalogue Note

This is an extension of Richard Eden's edition of 1555 and although the heart of the work is still the translation of Anghiera's De orbe novo and Oviedo's History of the West Indies, it contains much fresh material, added by Richard Willes. This includes Maffei’s account of Japan and Pereira’s description of China (the first account in English). Anghiera was a contemporary and associate of Columbus, Vasco de Gama, Amerigo Vespucci and Ferdinand Magellan. This, and his privileged position within the Spanish Council for the Indies, placed him in a position of unrivalled authority to construct an account of the explorers' discoveries.