Cosmographiae introductio
Subtitle: cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis. Insuper quatuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes. Uniuersalis cbosmographiae [sic] descriptio tam in solido q[uam] plano eis etiam insertis qu[a]e Ptholom[a]eo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt.
Contributors: Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512.; Force, Peter, 1790-1868, former owner.; Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910, former owner.; Barlow, Samuel L. M. 1826-1889, former owner.; Ives, Brayton, 1840-1914, former owner.; Gruel, Léon, 1841-1923, binder.; White, Alfred Tredway,; Early Printing Collection (Library of Congress); John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: [Walter et Nikolaus Lud]
Published: 1507
Place of publication: Vrbs Deodate [St. Dié ]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Geography -- Early works to 1800; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800; America -- Early accounts to 1600; America -- Name
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Early accounts to 1600.
Notes: LC copy has ink ownership stamp: S [cross] M / A I; purchased from Peter Force.
Sabin 101018
Thacher, II, p. 53 (Americana)
Signatures: A⁶ B⁴ a-d⁸ e⁴ f⁶.
The first book to suggest the name America (cf. leaf A3).
Designed to accompany the globe gores and the world map.
LC copy imperfect: sig. B1-B4 and half of folded plate wanting.