De Moluccis insulis, itemq[ue] alijs pluribus mira[n]dis, quae nouissima Castellanorum nauigatio sereniss. imperatoris Caroli. V. auspicio suscepta, nuper inuenit

Maximilian, of Transylvania, active 1522, Cervicornus, Eucharius, active 1516-1547, printer · 1523 · Coloniae : In aedibus Eucharij Ceruicorni · 1 picture

A 1523 Latin account of Spanish voyages to the Moluccas, printed in Cologne by Eucharius Cervicornus and attributed to Maximilian of Transylvania, written for a learned readership interested in Magellan's circumnavigation. The picture here is not from the text but a Boston Public Library bookplate: a laurel wreath enclosing a seal reading Public Library of the City of Boston, with the line Brought with the Charlotte Harris Fund, Charlestown Branch, useful to a designer for classical wreath and seal framing.

Magalhaes, Fernao de, -1521 · Voyages around the world

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