The natural & moral history of the Indies
By: by Father Joseph de Acosta. Reprinted from the English translated edition of Edward Grimston, 1604. And ed., with notes and an introduction, by Clements R. Markham ...
Contributors: Grimeston, Edward; Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916
Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society -- no. 60-61
Publisher: Printed for the Hakluyt Society
Published: 1880
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Natural history; Indians of Mexico; Indians of South America; Early accounts to 1600
Other titles: Natural and moral history of the Indies.
Work titles: Historia natural y moral de las Indias
Notes: Paged continuously.

The folded map, issued with v. 1, has half-title: ... Map of Peru; to illustrate the Travels of Cieza de Leon, in 1532-50; The royal commentaries of Garcilano de la Vega (1609); and the Natural and moral history of the Indies, by Father Joseph de Acosta (1608) [nos. 33, 41, 45, 60, and 61 of the society's publications] Includes t.-p. translated from Madrid edition, 1608; followed by t.-p. of London edition, 1604.

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Map filed in Map Collection.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The natural history (books I-IV).; title: v. 2. The moral history (books V-VII).; title: Map.