A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa : And of the countries that border rounde about the same. 1. Wherein is also shewed, that the two zones torrida & frigida, are not onely habitable, but inhabited, and very temperate, contrary to the opinion of the old philosophers. 2. That the blacke colour which is in the skinnes of the Ethiopians and Negroes &c. proceedeth not from the sunne. 3. And that the Riuer Nilus springeth not out of the mountains of the Moone, as hath been heretofore beleeued: together with the true cause of the rising and increasing thereof. 4. Besides the description of diuers plants, fishes and beastes, that are found in those countries. Drawen out of the writinges and discourses of Odoardo Lopez a Portingall, by Philippo Pigafetta. Translated out of Italian by Abraham Hartwell.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Lopes, Duarte.

Contributor:

Pigafetta, Filippo, 1533-1604.

Hartwell, Abraham, 1553-

Rogers, William, approximately 1545- engraver, author.

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 407:1.

Standardized Title:

Relatione del reame di Congo. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Congo (Brazzaville)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Local Subjects:

Congo (Brazzaville)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

22 unnumbered pages, 217 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered folded plates : illustrations (woodcut), maps

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Relatione del reame di Congo.

Reporte of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1597.

Notes:

A translation by Abraham Hartwell of: Lopes, Duarte. Relatione del reame di Congo.

Signatures: [fleuron]4 (-[fleuron]4, +2*2) *4 2*2 (-2*2) A-2E4.

A2 is an additional title page: A reporte of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa.

2*2 cancels [fleuron]4; verso, line 2 up, has "glykerōteron". Variant: [fleuron]4 uncancelled, with reading "glyketrōteron".

The engraved maps are signed "Willia[m] Rogers". The map of the Congo comes in two states: (1) lacking or (2) including the arms of Alvarus, first king of the Congo, in upper right. Copies having the map in state 1 should have an additional woodcut, numbered 9, showing the coat of arms, inserted following S3; this is omitted in collation above.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1949. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 407:01). s1949 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 16805.

OCLC:

55173282