Americae das fünffte Buch
By: vol schöner vnerhörter Historien, auss dem andern Theil Ioannis Benzonis von Meylandt gezogen: von der Spanier Wüten, beyd wider ihre Knecht die Nigriten, vnnd auch die Arme Indianer: wie die Spanier von den Frantzösichen Meer Räubern offtermal angriffen vnd geptündert worden, denn auch, wie sie erstlich das Neuwe Spanien erfunden haben, vnd gantz erbärmlich mit dem Armen Landtvölcklein daselbst vmbgangen sind. Sampt kurtzer vnd nützlicher Erklärung der Historien, bey jedem Capitel. Auch einer schönen Land Tafel, dess Neuwen Spanien in America. Alles mit schönen vnd kunstreichen Kupfferstücken vnd deren angehenckten Erklärungen, an Tag geben, durch Dietherich von Bry, Burger in Franckfurt am Mayn. An den Durchleuchtigen Hochgebornen Fürsten vnd Herrn, Herren Moritzen Landtgrafen zu Hessen, &c. Mit Rom. Keys. May. Priuilegien begnadet
Contributors: Höniger, Nikolaus, active 16th century; Chauveton, Urbain, -approximately 1616; Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598; Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623
Edition: Second edition
Series: Great voyages -- pt. 5.; Great voyages -- pt. 5.
Publisher: Durch Erasmum Kempffer.
Published: 1613
Place of publication: Gedruckt zu Frankfurt am Mayn
Language: ger
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: History; Description and travel; Discovery and exploration
Work titles: Historia del Mondo Nuovo. Book 2.
Notes: Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription.

First edition printed in Frankfurt am Main, 1595.

Printed at foot of title page proper: Cum privilegio S. C. Maiestatis.

Constitutes the fifth part, sole issue of the second German edition of Theodor de Bry's Great voyages, printed in fourteen parts, in Latin, German, French, and English, in Frankfurt am Main, Oppenheim, and Hanau from 1590-1644, and the Elenchus, an outline of the thirteen Latin parts, published by Matthias Merian in Frankfurt am Main in 1634.

This work has been identified as the sole issue of the second edition of part five of the German edition of the Great voyages by Church.

Imprint from title page to plates, p. [2-3], 2nd count.

The second edition of German part five can be identified with a slip of the German title pasted over the Latin text on the engraved title page, with the text set as reproduced by Church; in the second edition the plates numbered I-XXII have their Roman numerals printed in the center above the captions for the plates.

German translation, by Nikolaus Höniger, of book two of: Historia del Mondo Nuovo / by Girolamo Benzoni, first printed Venice, 1565, of which the German text was first printed as book two of Der Newenn Weldt und indianischen Königreichs, newe unnd wahrhaffte History, Basel, 1579 and here supplemented by annotations by Urbain Chauveton in Novae Novi Orbis historiae, first printed Geneva, 1578.

This part contains the second portion of Girolamo Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo. The remainder was published in part VI. Benzoni's work was first published in Italian at Venice in 1565. It was translated into Latin by Urbain Chauveton. He also translated the work into French. De Bry has followed Chauveton's translation which was published at Geneva in 1578. Cf. Church.

"Folgen hernacher eigentliche vnd warhafftige Fürbildungen aller schöner vnerhörter Historien von der Spanier Wüten, beid wider ihre Knechte die Nigritten, vnd auch die Arme Indianer, item wie die Spanier von den Frantzösischen Meerräubern zum offtermal angegriffen vnd geplündert worden, dessgleichen wie sie das Newe Hispanien erfunden, vnd gantz erbärmlich mit den Armen Leuthen daselbst vmbgangen seyn, davon im fünfften Buch Americae gehandelt worden. Alles mit schönen Kupfferstücken vnd angehenckten kurtzen Erklerungen an Tag geben, durch Johann Dietherich de Bry", p. [2-3], 2nd count, has letterpress title page only with imprint: Gedruckt zu Franckfurt am Mayn, durch Erasmum Kempffer. M. D. XIII.

Contains a double map of Mexico which is bound between p. 6 and 7, 1st count; also contains plates numbered I-XXII, with Roman numerals printed in the center above the captions, printed on recto only, and bound following p. [2-3], 2nd count which are signed A2-4 through F1-3.

Signatures: a-n⁴ (a1 verso blank) o⁶ (o6 verso blank) A-F⁴ (A1 verso, F4 blank)

Fully engraved and illustrated title pages; engraved head and tail pieces; initials.

Church, E.D.  Discovery, 187.

Baginsky, P. German works relating to America, 131.

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, I: p. 396.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 613/14.