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Author:
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Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598.
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Uniform title:
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[America. Pars 1. Latin]
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Title:
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Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiae ... Anglico scripta sermone à Thoma Hariot ... / nvnc avtem primvm Latio donata à C.C.A.
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Imprint:
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Francoforti ad Moenvm : Typis I. Wecheli, Svmtibvs vero Theodori de Bry ..., venales reperivntvr in officina Sigismvndi Feirabendii, 1590.
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Description:
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34, [84] p. : 28 col. ill., map. ; 35 cm.
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Local note:
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Joyner-Signature d bound in different order than in Church copy: d*, d*, d*, [2] leaf map, d*, A*. Blind stamp of the Sondley Library, Asheville, N.C., throughout. Modern calf binding, blind stamped, with binder's spine title: A briefe and true report of the newfound land of Virginia / Thos. Hariot ; Theodore de Bry. In modern clamshell case.
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General Note:
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Text consists of a Latin translation of Hariot's A brief and true report of the new found land of Virginia, London, 1588. Cf. Church, 135.
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General Note:
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Illus. 1-23 have title: Vivæ imagines et ritvs incolarvm eivs provinciæ in America, quæ Virginia appelata est ... Omnia diligenter observata, et ad viuum expressa a Joanne With [i.e., White] ... ; Illus. 24-28 have title: Pictorvm, Brittaniae partem olim incolentivm aliqvot icones ...
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General Note:
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Translated by Carolus Clusius Atrebatensis [i.e., C.C.A.]. Cf. Church, E.D. Discovery, 140.
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General Note:
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First ed., first issue. Cf. Church, 140. Plates 5, 6, 9, and 15 are of first ed., second issue. Cf. Church, 141.
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General Note:
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Signatures: a*, b*, c*, d*, [2] leaves, A*, B*, C*, D*, E*, F*.
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General Note:
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Date in roman numerals.
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Subject:
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Indians of North America--Virginia.
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Subject:
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Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Subject:
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Roanoke Colony.
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Subject:
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Virginia--Description and travel.
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Other contributor:
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Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609.
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Other contributor:
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Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621. Briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia.
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Other contributor:
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White, John, fl. 1585-1593.
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Other contributor:
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Feyerabend, Sigmund, 1528-1590.
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Other contributor:
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Wechel, Johann, d. 1593.
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