[24], 361, [13] leaves, [1] leaf of plates : 21 cm. (4to)

Name of printer supplied by Pollard

Translation, by Richard Eden, of: Petri Martyris ab Angleria Mediolanen. oratoris clarissimi, ... De rebus oceanicis & Orbe nouo decades tres. Basel, 1533

An account of decade 1-4 of De orbe novo; however, the fourth decade is given as an extract, as in the Latin edition of Basel, 1533

The first English collection of voyages, including also contributions by or excerpts from Pope Alexander VI, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Antonio Pigafetta, and many others, edited by Richard Eden. For complete contents see Arber

Second imprint from colophon

Three other variants exist, differing, almost exclusively, in their colophons only: Imprynted at London in Paules Churchyarde at the signe of the Byble by Richarde Iug; Imprynted at London in Paules Churchyarde at the signe of the Bell by Roberte Toy; Imprynted at London in Paules Churchyarde at the signe of the Hedge hogge by Wyllyam Seres; also, no copy of the present Sutton variant has been described which includes the extra leaf of the copy of letters sent by the Duke of Muscovy to King Edward VI (signed Iiii. ii.)

Title surrounded by illustrative border

Signatures: [a]-b⁴ ²a-²b⁴ c-d⁴ A-4Z⁴ 5A⁶ ([a] 1 verso, b4 verso, 4Y1 verso blank)

Errors in foliation, including leaf 131 misnumb.: "1031"

Map unnumbered, present in some copies only

Cf. Arber, Edward. The first three English books on America. [?1511]-1555 A.D. Birmingham, 1885

Errata (leaf [13], at end)

Includes: "The Indian language." (leaf [8] recto, =b4 recto). -- "The fyrst decade." (leaves 1-51 recto). -- "The seconde decade ..." (leaves 51-88 recto). -- "... the thyrde decade, ... (leaves 88-149 recto). -- "The last booke of Peter Martyr of Angleria, of the landes and ilandes lately founde: and of the manors of the inhabitauntes of the same." (leaves 149-166; extract of decade 4). -- "Exemplar Bullae seu donationis, autoritate cuius, Episcopus Romanus Alexander eius nominis sextus, concessit et donauit Castellæ regibus & suis successoribus, regiones & insulas Noui Orbis in oceano occidentali Hispanorum nauigationibus repertas." (leaves 167-170; originally published Rome, 1493; on leaf 170 verso date erroneously given as "1593"). -- "The coppie of the Bull of donation, by thautority wherof, Pope Alexander the syxte of that name, gaue and granted to the kynges of Castyle and theyr successours the regions and ilandes founde in the weste ocean sea by the nauigations of the Spanyardes." (leaves 171-173 recto; a translation into English of the preceding Latin text). -- "The hystorie of the VVeste Indies." (running title; text: leaves 173 verso-214 verso, by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Váldez; translated extract from: Ouiedo Dela natural hystoria delas Indias. Toledo, 1526). -- "The vyage rounde about the vvorlde." (running title; text: leaves 214 recto-232, by Antonio Pigafetta; translated extract from: Le voyage et nauigation, faict par les Espaignolz es Isles de Mollucques. Paris, 1525?)

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