The life and voyages of Americus Vespucius : with illustrations concerning the navigator, and the discovery of the New World / by C. Edwards Lester, assisted by Andrew Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lester, C. Edwards (Charles Edwards), 1815-1890.

Foster, Andrew, author.

Contributor:

Canovai, Stanislao, 1740-1811.

Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512.

Toscanelli, Paolo del Pozzo, 1397-1482.

Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512.

Vespucci, Amerigo.

Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524.

Gama, Vasco da.

Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?.

Polo, Marco.

Ojeda, Alonso de, approximately 1466-approximately 1515.

Ojeda, Alonso de.

Cosa, Juan de la, -1510.

Cosa, Juan de la.

Vespucci family.

Discoveries in geography.

America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

America.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

431 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (1 color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : H. Mansfield, 1852.

Contents:

pt. 1. Biography [including Vespucci's letters of his four voyages].

pt. 2. Illustrations. [1] [Canovai, D.] Eulogium of Americus Vespucius .

2. A narrative addressed to Lorenzo di Pier-Francesco de' Medici; giving an account of the voyage and discoveries of Vasco de Gama beyond the Cape of Good Hope, the authorship of which, has been attributed to Americus Vespucius.

3. Letters of Paolo Toscanelli to Columbus.

4. Marco Polo and his travels.

5. Fellow-voyagers of Americus: Alonzo de Ojeda and Juan de la Cosa [abridged mainly from Irving's Lives of the companions of Columbus].

6. Documents relating to Americus Vespucius, presented in the collection of Navarréte.

7. Letter of M. Ranke to M. de Humboldt, respecting the correspondence of Americus with Soderini and de' Medici.

8. The Vespucci family.

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC:

4415967