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A relation of the second voyage to Guiana.

Kemys, Lawrence, -1618 · 1596 · Imprinted at London : By Thomas Dawson, dwelling at the three cranes in the vintree, and are there to be solde. · 4 pictures

A relation of the second voyage to Guiana is a 1596 London narrative by Lawrence Kemys, printed by Thomas Dawson, describing an exploration of Guiana for an English reading public. Its pictures are decorative printer's ornaments and heraldic devices, including a sixteenth-century coat of arms with supporters and motto and a later armorial bookplate, offering a designer strong models of symmetrical scrollwork, grotesque figures and heraldic framing.

Guyana -- Discovery and exploration · Imprint 1596

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