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Ogilby, John, 1600-1676 (Author)
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683 (Bibliographic antecedent)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1671
Place: London
Publisher: Printed by the author, and are to be had at his house
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Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KC+ 1671 (Ogilby, J. America)
Topics
America
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683. Nieuwe en onbekende weereld.
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Content: Apparently based in part on Arnoldus Montanus's "De Nieuwe en onbekende weereld: of beschryving van American en 't zuid-land," which was granted copyright privileges in July, 1670, and published in Amsterdam in 1671. Sabin, who records an edition of Ogilby as bearing date of 1670, says: "This English translation is, like Dapper's 'an impudent plagiarism' from Montanus, plates included." In the text many changes and additions were made by Ogilby, and his maps of Maryland, Jamaica and Barbados are not found in Montanus. The general map of America in Ogilby also differs materially from that in the Dutch work.
Publications: "Second issue."--JCB, 1919, III, 228
Content: "Directions for placing the whole-sheet prints," 1 leaf at end, includes legends for plates "Arx Carolina" and "Virginiæ pars Australis Florida" but omits that for map of Barbados.
Content: Variant title-page bound in: America: being an accurate description of the nevv vvorld; containing the original of the inhabitants; the remarkable voyages thither; the conquest of the vast empires of Mexico and Peru, their ancient and later vvars. With their several plantations, many, and rich islands; their cities, fortresses, towns, temples, mountains, and rivers: their habits, customs, manners, and religions; their peculiar plants, beasts, birds, and serpents. Collected and translated from most authentick authors, and augmented with later observations; illustrated with notes, and adorn'd with peculiar maps, and proper sculptures, by John Ogilby ... London: Printed by T. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house, 1670.--cf. Sabin 50088.
Acquisition: No acc. Copy 1-2.
Citation/reference: Sabin 50089
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Physical Description
Extent: 5 p. l., 674, [1] p.illus., 32 pl. (part fold.) 6 port., 19 maps (part fold.)41.5 cm.
Title in red and black; added t.-p., engr.
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Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 04026984
RLIN/OCLC: 2665480
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14467885
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b2eb11a0-f13a-0138-ffc9-0242ac110003
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