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.
Author:
Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512.
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Publication Information:
London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1894.
Physical Description:
4 pages l., xliv, 121 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:
English
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 respection 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.
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Book