Itinerariu[m] Portugalle[n]siu[m] e Lusitania in India[m] [et] inde in occidentem [et] demum ad aquilonem.

Accession number: 
PML 454
Author: 
Fracanzano da Montalboddo, active 1507-1522.
Published: 
Milan : [s.n.], 1508.
Description: 
[10], LXXVIII (i.e. LXXXVIII) leaves : ill. (diagrams)
Credit: 
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes: 

A translation of the author's Paesi nouamenti retrouati, 1507.
Dedication dated: Mediolani kalendis iuniis. M.CCCCC.VIII.
Includes an account of the first three voyages of Columbus, and a translation of the "Mundus novus" of Vespucci.
Caption title: Itinerarivm Portugallensium ex Vlisbona ĩ Indiam necnon in occidentem ac setemptrionē:ex vernaculo sermone in latinum traductum. Interprete Archangelo Madrignano mediolanense monacho careuallensi.
Colophon: Operi suprema manus imposita est kalendis quintillibus. Ludouico gallia[rum] rege huius urbis īclite sceptra regēte. Iulio secūdo pōtifice maxima orthodoxā fidē feliciter moderāte:anno nr̄æ salutis .M.D.VIII.
This copy lacks the preliminary leaves including the title page and map.
Call number suffix: with Americana.

Binding: 
Mottled calf; rebacked in quarter brown morocco.
Variant Title: 

Itinerarium Portugallensium e Lusitania in Indiam

Provenance: 
Irwin collection.
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