Regnvm Congo, hoc est, Vera descriptio regni Africani
Subtitle: qvod tam ab incolis qvam Lvsitanis Congus appellatur
By: 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.
Contributors: Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623?; Pigafetta, Filippo, 1533-1604.; Bry, Johann Israel de, d. 1611
Publisher: Excudebat VVolffgangus Richter, impensis Io. Theo. & Io. Israel. de Bry, frat.
Published: 1598
Place of publication: Francofvrti
Language: lat
Number of pages: 60
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.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Vera descriptio regni Africani; Petits voyages
Work titles: Relatione del reame di Congo.
Notes: 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.

Constitutes: India [or: Indiæ] Orientalis. Pars 1.

Engraved t.p. border by Io. Theodor de Bry, engraved dedication vignette, head-pieces, initial blocks, ornament.

Includes index.

ROM accession number: 962.79.11.