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![LoT 62—continued. latius lustratae, verum & alia quarta pars ab Americo Vesputio segacis ingenij viro invéta est. Qua ab ipso Americo ejus inventore Amerigen quasi Americiterram sive Americam appellari volunt.” 63 Bergomensis (Jacobus Philippus) Novissime historiarum omnium repercussiones: noviter... edite: que Supplementum supple- menti Cronicarum nuneupantur, 13 unnumbered Il. and 446 numbered 4-449, roman letter, gothic title, 4 full-page and many other fine woodcuts, title slightly defective at fvuot and mended, otherwise A FINE COPY (275 mm. by 203 mm.), a few worm-holes in ll. 70 to 90, not affecting the text, title defective at bottom, marbled calf, gilt back, m.e. |Lssling, 347; Harrisse, 42] folio. Venetiis, Georgius de Rusconibus, Dlay 4, 1506 *,* On 11. 440 and 441 is a chapter on the discovery of America, “De quattuor permaximis insulis in india extra orbem nuper inventis.” The fine woodcuts include the creation of Eve, Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise, Cain killing Abel (signed L. A. =J,ucantonio degl’ Uberti), the Tower of Babel, 89 views of towns, a border containing the arms of Cardinal Pallavicini, ete. Most of these had already been used in earlier editions. 64 Bergomensis (J. P.) Supplementum supplementi Chronicarum ab “~ numbered and 335 numbered leaves, roman letter, Gothic title, printed in red, many fine woodcuts and initial letters, FINE name written on title, limp vellum | Essling, 349; Harrisse, 73] Jolio. Venetits Georgius de Rusconibus, 20 Aug. 1513 65 Bormus (JOHANNES) Omnium Gentium Mores, Leges, et Ritus.. .- Accessit Libellus de Regionibus Septentrionalibus ... ex Jacobo a) .; de Molvecis insvlis & aliis pluribus mirandis, 123 numbered and 21 unnumbered leaves (A-S in eights), device at end, half vellum | Harrisse, Addenda, 136; Leclerc, 69} 8vo. Antwerp. J. Steelsius, 1542 This work was first published in 1520, but it is only the present edition that contains the epistle of Maximilianus Transylvanus which describes the famous voyage of Magellan. Maximilian of Transylvania was secretary to Charles V; his description is in the form of an epistle addressed to the Archbishop of Salzburg and is dated 1522. Magellan’s knowledge of the Moluccas was derived from a sojourn of five or seven years in the East Indies. He then proposed to Charles V to reach the Moluccas by a new and shorter route. He reached, in 1519, what is now called Rio de Janeiro. After great delays, and several revolts amcnegst his crew, Magellan doubled (1520) the Cape of Las Virginies, issuing out of the Strait, on the Pacific side. He was killed 1521. The account, which was written by Magellan and which seems to have been in existence as late as 1783, is lost. Ziegler’s hook relates](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31659615_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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