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Regnvm Congo, hoc est, Vera descriptio regni Africani : qvod tam ab incolis qvam Lvsitanis Congus appellatur
Relatione del reame di Congo. Latin. 1598
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- per Philippvm Pigafettam, olim ex Edoardi Lopez acroamatis lingua Italica excerpta ; nunc Latio sermone donata ab Avgvst. Cassiod. Reinio ; iconibus & imaginibus rerum memorabilium quasi viuis, opera & industria Ioan. Theodori & Ioan. Israëlis de Bry fratrum, &c. exornata
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- India Orientalis. Part 1
- Vera descriptio regni Africani
- Icones quibus ad maiorem lectoris recreationem primvs Lvsitanorvm cvm rege congressvs ... proponuntur ..
- Indiæ Orientalis. Pars 1
- Indiæ Orientalis. Pars I
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- Latin
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- First edition
- Francofvrti : Excudebat VVolffgangus Richter, impensis Io. Theo. & Io. Israel. de Bry, frat., M.D. XCVIII. [1598]
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- [8], 60, [10] p., [l6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (engravings), maps ; 32 cm. (fol.)
- OCLC
- ocm78091654
- Engraved title page border by Io. Theodor de Bry, engraved dedication vignette, head-pieces, initial blocks, ornament.
- Signatures:)(⁴, A-G⁴, H⁶, 2A-2D⁴ (H6 and 2D4 blanks).
- Sidenotes.
- Separate title page to plates, signatures 2A1r: Icones quibus ad maiorem lectoris recreationem primvs Lvsitanorvm cvm rege congressvs ... proponuntur ...
- Constitutes: India [or: Indiæ] Orientalis. Pars 1.
- Text contains the relation of the visit of Duarte Lopes, a Portuguese, to the Congo in the year 1578. It was written by Fillipo Pigafetta from the dictation of Lopes, and was published in Rome in 1591 under the title: Relatione del reame di Congo et delle circonvicine contrade. Latin translation is by Casiodoro de Reina.
- Includes index.
- Folded maps: Lectori benevolo Tabulam hanc. regni Congo ... -- Tabulam hanc Aegypti si aquus ac diligens lector ....
- Church, E.D. Discovery, 205
Subjects
- Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.
- Kongo Kingdom -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.
- Kongo Kingdom -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
- Africa -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.
- Africa -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
- Watermarks -- Specimens.