| Annotation | Colophon: Achevé d'imprimer pour al seconde edition en Septembre. 1582. Title within engraved border; printer's device on title page. Signatures: ā⁸, ē⁸, ī⁸, ō⁴, a-g⁸, (g⁸ blank), A-G⁸, aa-ff⁸, gg³. Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, European Americana, Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, L 202 39008 582/50 129 note The Third World, "Les Trois Mondes", of the title, is the great Antarctic continent so common in maps of that period. This volume is of interest as a collection of the first French voyages to America, especially of the unfortunate expeditions to Florida and Brazil. The second book treats of the voyages of Columbus, of his discoveries and those of Pizarro, of French and English expeditions to the New World; a curious and interesting dissertation upon the discovery of Florida and upon the French establishments in this country; and also of the expeditions of Captains Jean Ribaut and of Gourgues. The third book treats the navigations of Villegagnon to Brazil, and of the voyages of Vespucci and Magellan. The map which accompanies the work is a reduced copy of the map in the first edition of Ortelius."-- Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, page 292. | Translate
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