A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa. : And of the countries that border rounde about the same. 1. Wherein is also shewed, that the two zones torrida & frigida, are not onely habitable, but inhabited, and very temperate, contrary to the opinion of the old philosophers. 2. That the blacke colour which is in the skinnes of the Ethiopians and Negroes &c. proceedeth not from the sunne. 3. And that the Riuer Nilus springeth not out of the mountains of the Moone, as hath been heretofore beleeued: together with the true cause of the rising and increasing thereof. 4. Besides the description of diuers plants, fishes and beastes, that are found in those countries. Drawen out of the writinges and discourses of Odoardo Lopez a Portingall, by Philippo Pigafetta. Translated out of Italian by Abraham Hartwell.
1597
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A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa. : And of the countries that border rounde about the same. 1. Wherein is also shewed, that the two zones torrida & frigida, are not onely habitable, but inhabited, and very temperate, contrary to the opinion of the old philosophers. 2. That the blacke colour which is in the skinnes of the Ethiopians and Negroes &c. proceedeth not from the sunne. 3. And that the Riuer Nilus springeth not out of the mountains of the Moone, as hath been heretofore beleeued: together with the true cause of the rising and increasing thereof. 4. Besides the description of diuers plants, fishes and beastes, that are found in those countries. Drawen out of the writinges and discourses of Odoardo Lopez a Portingall, by Philippo Pigafetta. Translated out of Italian by Abraham Hartwell.
Uniform title
Relatione del reame di Congo. English
Created/published
London : Printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1597.
Description
[22], 217, [3] p., [2] folded plates : ill. (woodcut), maps ; (4to)
Associated name
Lopes, Duarte, author.
Pigafetta, Filippo, 1533-1604.
Hartwell, Abraham, 1553-
Rogers, William, approximately 1545- printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Pigafetta, Filippo, 1533-1604.
Hartwell, Abraham, 1553-
Rogers, William, approximately 1545- printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
A translation by Abraham Hartwell of: Lopes, Duarte. Relatione del reame di Congo.
Signatures: [fleuron]⁴ (-[fleuron]4, +2*2) *⁴ 2*² (-2*2) A-2E⁴.
A2 is an additional title page: A reporte of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa.
2*2 cancels [fleuron]4; verso, line 2 up, has "glykerōteron". Variant: [fleuron]4 uncancelled, with reading "glyketrōteron".
The engraved maps are signed "Willia[m] Rogers". The map of the Congo comes in two states: (1) lacking or (2) including the arms of Alvarus, first king of the Congo, in upper right. Copies having the map in state 1 should have an additional woodcut, numbered 9, showing the coat of arms, inserted following S3; this is omitted in collation above.
Entered 26 August 1595.
Signatures: [fleuron]⁴ (-[fleuron]4, +2*2) *⁴ 2*² (-2*2) A-2E⁴.
A2 is an additional title page: A reporte of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa.
2*2 cancels [fleuron]4; verso, line 2 up, has "glykerōteron". Variant: [fleuron]4 uncancelled, with reading "glyketrōteron".
The engraved maps are signed "Willia[m] Rogers". The map of the Congo comes in two states: (1) lacking or (2) including the arms of Alvarus, first king of the Congo, in upper right. Copies having the map in state 1 should have an additional woodcut, numbered 9, showing the coat of arms, inserted following S3; this is omitted in collation above.
Entered 26 August 1595.
ESTC staff note
A1 is blank except for signature-mark "A". - Additional woodcut information from F.S. Ferguson notes.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004. Voices for Tolerance in an Age of Persecution (catalog entry 60)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 16805
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S108820
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S108820
Genre/form
Annotations.
Made-up copies.
Made-up copies.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 16805 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH136/9. Variant. State 2 of map. Made-up copy: leaves A1,2 or A3,4 possibly from another copy. Leaves E2,3 transposed. Trimmed, affecting ill. and side notes. Tan morocco gilt binding. Provenance: manuscript mark of ownership around C1 signature mark: "CM."; anonymous armorial bookplate of Amherst of Hackney (motto "victoria concordia crescit"); collated by E. Talbot at Quaritch, 21 January 1921; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 16805 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs634. Variant. Imperfect: folded maps (2) lacking. Some manuscript notes and markings. Trimmed, affecting manuscript notes. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: "G+[S?]: [?] Willier. [?] Bib. Car. Hornby Armigr."