AMERICA—EARLY ACCOUNTS TO 1600. *G.389A
2358 Apianus, Petrus, 1495-1552. Cosmographicus liber
Petri Apiani mathematici ... (Card 2)
Revolving diagrams at p. 17, 24, 63, and app., p. 121
Two detached illustrations to accompany “Instrumentum syderale” in appendix are inserted at end of volume.
On p. 2, a globe with Ameri on an island; revolving diagram on p. 63 contains the word America—Pt. 2 has caption title: Secunda pars princi- palis huius libri de sumaria necn6 particulari Europae, Africae: Asiae et Americae descriptione—Ch. 4 (p. 69) De America, begins: America: quae nunc quarta pars terrae dicitur / ab Americo Vespucio eiusdé inietore nomen sortita est. Et non immerito: quoniam mari vndiq cfauditur insula appellatur—On p. 103, Insulae Americae adiacentes.
Ist edition.
For full description see Ortroy, Bibliographie de l’ceuvre de Pierre Apian. 1902. no. 22.
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