The natural & moral history of the Indies
By: by Father Joseph de Acosta. Reprinted from the English translated edition of Edward Grimestone, 1604. And ed., with notes and an introduction, by Clements R. Markham.
Contributors: Grimeston, Edward, tr.; Markham, Clements R. Sir, 1830-1916, ed.
Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt society.; no. LX-LXI
Publisher: Printed for the Hakluyt society
Published: 1880
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Indians of Mexico; Indians of South America -- Peru; Natural history -- Latin America; America -- Early accounts to 1600; Latin America
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 Garcilasso de la Vega (1690); 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] Included t.-p. translated from Madrid edition, 1608; followed by t.-p. of London edition, 1604.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The natural history (books I-IV); title: v. 2. The moral history (books V-VII)