Americae pars VIII
Subtitle: Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm nobilissimi et fortissimi eqvitis Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato primvm vniverso terrarvm orbe, postea cum nobilissimo equite Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit, vbi vitam suam ambo finierung; Secvndo, iter nobilissimi equitis Thomae Candisch, qui duorum ferè annerum spacio, 13000. anglicana miliaria in mariconfecit, vbi describuntu quoque omnia quae in hoc intinere ipsi acciderunt & visa sunt; Tertio, duo itinera nobilissimi & fortissimi domini Gvaltheri Ralegh equitis & designati gubernatoris regij in Anglia praesigij, nec non fortissimi Capitanei Lavrentii Keyms; Qvibvs itineribvs describitvr avrifervm et potentissimum regnum Gviana, ad septentrionem fluminis Orenoqve, aliàs Oregliana dicti, situm, cum metropoli Manoa & Macviegvarai, aliisq[ue], finitimis regionibus & fluuiis, mereibus item praestantissims, & mercantura, quae in regno hoc exercetur
By: Primo qvidem anglicana lingva partim ab eqvitibus ipsis, partim ab aliis, qui hisce itineribus interfuerunt, sparsim consignata: iam verò in vnum corpus redacta, & in latinum sermonem conuersa, auctore M. Gotardo Artvs Dantiscano
Contributors: Silva, Nuno da; Cavendish, Thomas, 1560-1592; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
Series: Bry, Theodor dee, 1528-1598. India Occidentalis -- VIII; German books before 1601 -- roll 73, item 9
Publisher: Theodorici de Bry p.m. relictae viduae & filiorum
Published: 1599
Place of publication: n.p.]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: Early works to 1600; Early printed books; Facsimiles; Discovery and exploration; British; Description and travel; El Dorado; West Indies Expedition, 1585-1586
Notes: Signatures: AA-KK⁴ (FF³ signed EE³, KK³ signed RR³), Aa-Ll⁴ (Ii signed Ji), M⁶, a-e⁴ (e⁴ blank)

First edition, second issue.--Church 164.

Engraved t.-p., the vignette contains two maps and portrait of Drake.

Double map preceeding p. 1, of the northeastern part of South America with inscriptions in Latin and German: Latin title "Tabula geographica, regni Guiana sub linea ae quinoctiuli inter Brasiliam et Peru siti qui Gualthero Ralegh navigatione semper adsuit delineata.

Small oblong copperplate Mappa mundi (p. 78); and small oblong cooperplate map of the North Atlantic, with adjacent coasts Mare del Nort p. 3, second pagination)

"Praefatio ad lectorum" (p. 1-2)

This part contains relations of six diffrent voyages: three by Drake, one by Candish or Cavendish, and two by Sir Walter Raleigh. -- For full description see Church 163 and 1664.

The plates have special t.-p.: Tablae & imagines ad septimam et octavam Americae partem, nimir vm primo ed historiam Vlrici Fabri, deinde ad descriptionem regionis Gvianæ, pertinentes, Impressae Francofvrti ad Moenvm per Matthaevm Becker, sumptibus dictorum Theodorici de Bry viduae & filiorum. Anno M.D. XCIX.