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The letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career

Title
The letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career / translated, with notes and an introduction, by Clements R. Markham.
Author
Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512.
Publication
London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1894.

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Additional Authors
  • Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), 1830-1916.
  • Columbus, Christopher.
  • Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566.
Description
xliv, 121 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 90
Uniform Title
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 90
Alternative Title
The letters of Amerigo Vespucci.
Subject
  • Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
  • Hojeda, Alonso de
  • Pinzón, Vicente Yáñez, 1461 or 1462-approximately 1524
  • Díaz de Solís, Juan, 1471?-1516?
  • America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Introduction -- Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a "Magnificent lord" [Pietro Soderini] -- Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo Pietro F. di Medici -- Evidence of Alonzo de Hojeda respecting his voyage of 1499 -- Account of the voyage of Hojeda, 1499-1500, by Navarete -- Letter of Christopher Columbus to his son -- Letter of Vianelo to the seigneury of Venice -- Letter of naturalization in favor of Vespucci -- Appointment of Vespucci as chief pilot -- Chapters from Las Casas, which discuss the statements of Vespucci -- Evidence respecting the voyage of Pinzon and Solis -- Las Cases on the voyage of Pinzon and Solis.
LCCN
05040742
OCLC
  • ocm01631849
  • SCSB-1282972
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library