Americus Vespuccius; A Critical and Documentary Review of Two Recent English Books Concerning That Navigator (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...State archivist the left part of the original plate in Augsburg. See also the Zeit of 1508, in the possession of schrift of that society, 2d Jahr Baron Carl von Welser, at Ram-gang, 1875, p. 123; Bartsch, Lc hof, who has kindly supplied us Peintre-graveur, Vienne, 1803-21, with a tracing made by himself, vol. vii., No. 77; and Passavant, The other groups we have bor-Le Peintre-graveur Leipzig, 1862, rowed from Derschau's facsimile, vol. iii., p. 267. On the left upper corner, the arms of Balthazar Sprenger, engraved, but coloured by hand, viz.: Over a coupe" gules and azure a greyhound argent rampant, issuing from a ground sinople. Underneath there is the following inscription: "Dise nach volgenden figuren purg: --The following represen des wandels vnnd gebrauchs der tations of the mode of life and kunigreich mit hilfife des almech-customs of the kingdoms which tigengots, Vonkuniglicherwiirde, were visited, discovered, and Emanuel zu Portugal besucht, partly conquered, by His Royal gefunden von zum tail bestriten, Highness Emanuel of Portugal, auch mit teutscher nacion nam with the aid of God almighty, and haffiger kaufleut, der Fucker, of noted merchants of the German Welser, Hochstetter, Hirschfogel nation, Fucker, Welser, Hoch der im Hof vnd andern, desich, stetter, Hirschfogel, and others, Balthasar Springer sic vo Fylss of all this I, Balthasar Springer, als ain bestetter von wegen der from Vils, sent by or agent of Welser zu Augspurg rnich auf the Welsers of Augsburg, have soliche schiffung vnd solichs had knowledge by sailing and ex erfarn vnd selbs angeben hab, perience, and gave it myself to be zum trucke, wie hie geschen printed, such as is seen here: --wirtt: --H. Burgkmair zu Augs-H. Burgkmair, of Augsburg."l There exist...