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Record Nr.

UNISA996384494903316

Autore

Ogilby John <1600-1676.>

Titolo

America : being the latest, and most accurate description of the new vvorld [[electronic resource] ] : containing the original of the inhabitants, and the remarkable voyages thither, the conquest of the vast empires of Mexico and Peru and other large provinces and territories : with the several European plantations in those parts : also their cities, fortresses, towns, temples, mountains, and rivers : their habits, customs, manners, and religions, their plants, beasts, birds, and serpents : with an appendix containing, besides several other considerable additions, a brief survey of what hath been discover'd of the unknown south-land and the arctick region : collected from most authentick authors, augmented with later observations, and adorn'd with maps and sculptures / / by John Ogilby .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by the author ..., 1671

Descrizione fisica

[7], 674, [1] p., 32 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., 6 ports., 19 maps (some folded)

Altri autori (Persone)

MontanusArnoldus <1625?-1683.>

Soggetti

Voyages and travels

America Discovery and exploration

America History To 1810

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references.

Apparently based in part on Arnoldus Montanus's "De Nieuwe en onbekende weereld: of beschryving van American en 't zuid-land," which was granted copyright privileges in July, 1670, and published in Amterdam in 1671. Sabin, who records an edition of Obilby as bearing date of 1670, says: "This English translation is, like Dapper's 'an impudent plagiarism' from Montanus, plates included." In the text many changes and additions were made by Ogilby, and his maps of Maryland, Jamaica and Barbados are not found in Montanus. The general map of America in Ogilby also differs materially from that in the Dutch work.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113