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COSMOGRAPHY .
Apianus, Petrus, 1495-1552. Cosmographicus liber
Petri Apiani mathematici .... (Card 2)
Revolving diagrams at p. 17, 24, 63, and app., p. 12)
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 sumharia necné particulari Europae, Africae: Asiae et Americae descriptione—Ch. 4 (p. 69) De America, begins: America: quae nune quarta pars terrae dicitur / ab Americo Vespucio eiusdé iniietore nomen sortita est. Et non immerito: quoniam mari vndiq clauditur 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.
1. Cosmography. 2. America—Early accounts to 1600. 1. Title: Cos-
mographia. 13-33966
 
Library of Congress GA6.A4