Americae pars qvinta Nobilis & admiratione plena Hieronymi Bezoni Mediolanensis, secundae sectionis hiã. Hispanorum : tùm in Nigrittas seruos suos, tùm in Indos crudelitatem, Gallorumq pirataru de Hispanis toties reportata spolia : aduentu item Hispanoru in Nouam Indiæ continentis Hispaniam, eorumq contra incolas eius regionis sæuitiam explicans addita ad singula fere capita scholia, in quibus res Indiæ luculenter exponuntur : accessit præterea tabula chorographica nouæ Hispaniæ in India Occidentalj : ad invictis Rvdolph II ... omnia elegantibus figuris in aes incisis expressa
This 1595 Latin volume, Americae pars quinta, was printed in Frankfurt am Main by Theodor de Bry from the Milanese traveller Girolamo Benzoni's account of Spanish conquest in the Indies, with Urbain Chauveton's additions and notes for a learned European readership. Its pictures are copper-engraved decorative headpieces and strapwork panels in dense, symmetrical ornament, with grotesque masks, scrolls, and winged creatures that a designer could adapt for borders, cartouches, and title bands.
