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Rare work on the discovery of the West Indies

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Title: Itinerarium ad Regiones sub Aequinoctiali Plaga Constitutas...Opus Antiquitates, Ritus, Mores & Religiones Populor u Aethiopie, Africae, Atlantici Oceani, Indicarumque Regionum Complectens, Nunc Primo Edidit Onuphrius Geraldinus de Catenacciis.
Author: Geraldini, Alexandri
Description: [19] (of 20) ff, 284, [36] pp. Lacking the additional engraved title page. (8vo) 16.8x11.5 cm. (6¾x4½"), later stiff paper boards. First Edition.Written in 1524 but not published until 1631, the present work is one of the earliest descriptions of the new world. Geraldini was born at Amerini about 1455, served as Ambassador to the Court of Henry VIII of England and later Bishop of St. Domingo. He was a close friend of Christopher Columbus and instrumental in convincing the court of King Ferdinand to support Columbus' explorations. "A very scarce and curious volume on the discovery of the West Indies." - Sabin. Sabin 27116
Heading: Place Published: Rome
Publisher: Guilelmi Facciotti
Date Published: 1631