America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World
America : being the latest, and most accurate description of the New World : containing the original of the inhabitants, and the remarkable voyages thither : the conquest of the vast empires of Mexico and Peru, and other large provinces and territories, with the several European plantations in those parts : also their cities, fortresses, towns, temples, mountains, and rivers : their habits, customs, manners, and religions : their plants, beasts, birds, and serpents : with an appendix containing, besides several other considerable additions, a brief survey of what hath been discover'd of the unknown south-land and the Arctick region
A first edition and first issue in English of this classic early work on the Americas includes one of the first views of New York City. The author, John Ogilby (1600-1676), was described as a "miscellaneous writer" of a good family. He translated, edited, and published many books, including several illustrated geographical works. These included America and others on China, Japan, Africa, Asia, and Britain. In 1671, Ogilby published America, translated from Arnold Montanus' original Dutch text. However, Ogilby added fresh material on the English colonies, adding a decidedly British bent to this English translation.
This book is a late 17th century volume half bound in leather and marbled paper. The binding is not original to the volume. The front board is detaching and the caps are damaged. Conservators will remove the case and clean and re-line the spine. New endpapers will be added and the textblock re-cased in the original cover.
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