NEWE WELT UND AMERICANISCHE HISTORIEN by GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig - 1655

Frankfurt: Erben, 1655. Second Edition. Hardcover. Early owner ink name on front endpaper; occasional minor repairs or stains. Generally a Very Good example of this scarce and important work. Folio (8" x 13") in contemporary vellum lettered in brown on the spine; (vi), 661, (2) pages; ):(4, A-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Hhh6, Iii8. Important compilation of narratives of voyages to the Americas. An abridged compilation of de Bry's GREAT VOYAGES, with many illustrations from that work: Engraved title page, 7 engraved folding maps (including the important Virginia map by Schmidt and a map of the Americas) and views bound between the dedication and first leaf of text, and 174 half-page engravings, many quite sensational in their subject matter. First published in 1631, the book is divided into three parts: the first with the geography, history, and natural history of the Americas summarizing Acosta, Oviedo, and others; the second with the accounts of 33 voyages to America, from Columbus to Spilbergen and Schouten; and the third with the voyage of Jacob l'Hermite, the conquests of Brazil by the Dutch, and descriptions of Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Chile, and Guyana. SABIN 50 (wrongly attributed to J.P. Abelin).