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Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier.
Historias Paralelas: España, Estados Unidos y la Frontera Americana.


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In laudem Serenissimi Ferdinandi, Hispania[rum] Regis, Bethicae & regni Granatae obsidio victoria & triu[m]phus. Et De insulis in Mari Indico nuper inuentis.

Verardi, Carlo, 1440-1500.

OTHER TITLES
Historia Baetica

De insulis in Mari Indico nuper inuentis

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[Basel] I[ohann] B[ergmann, de Olpe] 1494.

NOTES
Woodcut portrait on t.p.: Fernandus Rex Hispania[rum].

Goff V-125

Hain-Copinger 15942

BM 15th cent., III, p. 794 (IA.37918)

Church, E.D. Discovery, 8

"De insulis nuper in Mari Indico nuper repertis" (Leandro di Cosco's Latin translation of Columbus's letter to Raphael Sánchez concerning his discovery of America): leaves [29b-36a].

LC Copy 1 in blind-stamped half leather over boards; clasp.

SUBJECTS
Granada (Kingdom)--History--Spanish Conquest, 1476-1492--Early works to 1800.
America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish--Sources.
Incunabula--Switzerland--Basel--1494.
Switzerland--Basel.

RELATED NAMES
Columbus, Christopher. Letter II (Sánchez). Latin.
Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)
John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
[36] leaves. ill., map, port. (woodcuts) 23 cm. (4to)

CALL NUMBER
Incun. 1494 .V47 DP121

DIGITAL ID
rbesp 0004 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbesp.0004

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Parallel Histories: Spain, United States, and the American Frontier: Selections from the LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division Description)

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