COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader_11096
Reference Number:
11096
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Historia Americae siue Noui Orbis.: Continens in XIII. distinctis partibus verissimam, exactissimam, et admirandam descriptionem, vastissimarum, et multis abhinc seculis incognitarum terrarum, quae patrum memoria primùm detectae, nunc passim Indiae Occidentalis nomine vulgò vsurpantur. Narratio incredibilis jucunditatis et vtilitatis: in qua de natvra et situ noui illius orbis; de ratione coeli, elementorum ac meteororum, de priscorum incolarum horrendâ idolomaniâ; de statu ac formis politiae, rerumpubl. & imperiorum: anarchia, feritate et barbarie quorumdam; oeconomia, moribus ac ritibus diuersarum gentium; qualitate soli; alluuione vteriusq[ue] oceani; fluuiorum indole; vbertate frugum; praestantia metallorum; volucrum, animalium, pisciumq[ue]; illi orbis parti peculiarium, ingenios miraculis naturae bellis Indorum mutuis et quicquid praeterea curiosus lector desiderare potest, verè, perspicuè et sufficienter pertractatur. Cum exegesi vlteriore, quomodo & à quibus primitus illae regiones detectae, subactaeq[ue] sint: quae nauigationes à diuersis Europae populis, & quàm variâ fortunâ, ad haec vsque tempora, eò susceptae fuerint: annexâ enumeratione conuersationis, commerciorum, bellorumque cum Indis, terrae incolis. Ornata elegantissimis tabulis geographicis, et figuris aeri artificiose incisis innumeris, quibus historiae ipsi lux, lectori delectatio creatur. Deniq[ue] accessit Elenchus sectionum, & index capitum rerumq[ue] praecipuarum in toto opere contentarum.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Historia Americae sive Novi Orbis
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Historia Americae
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Novi Orbis
Creator:
Theodor de Bry (Firm)
Creator:
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
Creator Role:
Engraver
Creator:
Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623
Creator Role:
Engraver
Creator:
Bry, Johann Israel de, -1611
Creator Role:
Engraver
Creator:
Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
Date Created:
[1634]
Publication Details:
Francofurti: Sumptibus Matth. Meriani.
Language Code:
lat-DE
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Voyages and travels
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Technique Used:
Engraving (printing process)
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Germany: Bavaria: Frankfurt
Item Height:
355 mm
Item Width:
262 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2023-09-11
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2023-15
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands