Publisher's Synopsis
Title: Cosmographiae introductio cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis: insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes: uniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido q[uam] plano eis etiam insertis quae Ptholom[a]eo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt: disthycon cum deus astra regat & terrae climata Caesar nec tellus nec eis sydera maius habent.
Author: Martin Waldseemüller
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP03632500
CollectionID: CTRG01-B1683
PublicationDate: 15070425
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: Colophon (encircling printer's mark of Walter and Nikolaus Lud): "Vrbs Deodate tuo clarescens nomine praesul Qua Vogesi montis sunt iuga pressit opus Pressit/& ipsa eade Christo monimeta fauete Tempore venturo caetera multa premet. Finitu. vij.kl'. Maij Anno supra sesquimillesimu. vij." This is the book which first suggested the name America. Designed to accompany the globe gores and the world map. Originally published earlier in the same year.
Collation: [52] unnumbered leaves, [1] leaf of plates (fold.): ill
