Huttich, Johann:

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DIE NEW WELT, DER LANDSCHAFTEN UND INSULEN. From the collection of R. David Parsons. The Henry Huth copy of the first German-language translation of this early and large collection of important voyages, many of which relate to America. Especially interesting among these are the first three voyages of Columbus, the voyages of Pinzon, and of Vespucci. It also includes a full translation of the relevant portion of Peter Martyr's Decades, and Martyr's De Legatione Babylonica. There are also accounts of the voyages and travels of Marco Polo, Cabral, Cada Mosto, and others.Translated from the Latin and expanded by Michael Herr from the 1532 Basel printing called Novus Orbis, this edition is often attributed to Simon Grynaeus, who wrote the preface to the 1532 edition."A German translation by Michael Herr; it is less known and much rarer than the original....Although it has no map, it has, on the other hand, the merit of being augmented in the text. It contains a full translation of Peter Martyr's Decades, leaf 174-229, and also his three books 'De Legatione Babylonica,' 235-248, both wanting in all the different Latin editions. Besides, it contains all the pieces of the first Latin edition of 1532, except Munster's 'Introductio in tabulam geograph.,' to which the map belongs, and would, therefore, have been superfluous in this edition. The preface by Grynaeus is omitted, but a new one by the translator, Michael Herr, is added" - Sabin."An invaluable collection, which reflects credi

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