America : being the latest, and most accurate description of the Nevv VVorld : containing the original of the inhabitants, and the remarkable voyages thither : the conquest of the vast empires of Mexico and Peru, and other large provinces and territories, with the several European plantations in those parts ... : with an appendix, containing, besides several other considerable additions, a brief survey of what hath been discover'd of the unknown south-land and the arctick region / collected from most authentick authors, augmented with later observations, and adorn'd with maps and sculptures, by John Ogilby Esq., His Majesty's cosmographer, geographick printer, and master of the revels in the kingdom of Ireland.
1671
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America : being the latest, and most accurate description of the Nevv VVorld : containing the original of the inhabitants, and the remarkable voyages thither : the conquest of the vast empires of Mexico and Peru, and other large provinces and territories, with the several European plantations in those parts ... : with an appendix, containing, besides several other considerable additions, a brief survey of what hath been discover'd of the unknown south-land and the arctick region / collected from most authentick authors, augmented with later observations, and adorn'd with maps and sculptures, by John Ogilby Esq., His Majesty's cosmographer, geographick printer, and master of the revels in the kingdom of Ireland.
Created/published
London : Printed by the author, and are to be had at his house in White Fryers, MDCLXXI [1671]
Description
[8], 674, [2] p., [57] leaves of plates (49 folded) : ill., maps, ports. (engravings) ; 40 cm (fol.)
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Apparently based in part on: Montanus, Arnoldus. De nieuwe en onbekende weereld.
A reissue, with cancel title page and added appendix, of the 1670 edition (Wing O164).
The final leaf contains directions for placing the plates, including "Barbados" at p. 377. Variant state: "Barbados" is absent from the plate list, but "Arx Carolina" is called for at p. 205. In copies observed, the whole-sheet plate of Barbados is present even when "Arx Carolina" is given in the plate list.
Signatures: A-K⁴ L-X⁶ Y⁴ Z-3O⁶ 3P⁴.
Title page in red and black.
With an added engraved title page (plate).
A reissue, with cancel title page and added appendix, of the 1670 edition (Wing O164).
The final leaf contains directions for placing the plates, including "Barbados" at p. 377. Variant state: "Barbados" is absent from the plate list, but "Arx Carolina" is called for at p. 205. In copies observed, the whole-sheet plate of Barbados is present even when "Arx Carolina" is given in the plate list.
Signatures: A-K⁴ L-X⁶ Y⁴ Z-3O⁶ 3P⁴.
Title page in red and black.
With an added engraved title page (plate).
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliography.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992-1993. New World of Wonders (catalog entry 75)
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R16958
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), O165
Sabin 50089
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), O165
Sabin 50089
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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O165 (folio)
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Standard state with "Barbados" in the plate list. Forty-seven of the 49 folded plates are folded at the center and glued to a stub. Added engr. t.p. misbound after leaf L3 (p. 78). Manuscript markings. Plates "Nova Mexico" and "Mauritiopolis" trimmed, affecting image at fore-edges. Plate "Jamaicae" trimmed at tail and backed. Plate with general map of America is backed. L3 (p. 77) torn, affecting text. Trimmed, affecting some leaves at headline. Half bound in goatskin with marbled paper boards; with label of the Acme Bindery Inc., Buffalo NY
Folger accession
158865