A description of the New World. Or, America islands and continent : and by what people those regions are now inhabited. And what places are there desolate and without inhabitants. And the bays, rivers, capes, forts, cities and their latitudes, the seas on their coasts: the trade, winds, the North-west passage, and the commerce of the English nation, as they were all in the year 1649 / faithfully described for information of such of his countrey as desire intelligence of these perticulars. By George Gardyner of Peckham, in the county of Surrey Esq.
Alternate Title(s):
Description of the New World
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Robert Leybourn, and are to be sold by Thomas Pirrepoint, at the Sun in S. Pauls churchyard, 1651.
Physical Description:
[16], 187, [3] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Letterpress t.p. within ruled border.
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Subject Terms:
Indians of North America -- Early works to 1800. | Indians of South America -- Early works to 1800. | America -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800. | Maryland -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | America -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800. | Sangorski & Sutcliffe -- Bookbinder (BAC RB) | Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1651 (BAC RB)
Contributors:
Leybourne, Robert, active 1645-1661, publisher. | Pierrepont, Thomas, active 1651-1658, bookseller.