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Creator:
Smith, John, 1580-1631
Title:
The true travels, adventvres, and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Affrica, and America, from anno Domini 1593 to 1629 : his accidents and sea-fights in the Straights, his service and strategems of warre in Hungaria, Transilvania, Wallachia, and Moldavia ... : together with a continuation of his Generall history of Virginia, Summer-Iles, New England, and their proceedings, since 1624, to this present 1629, as also of the new plantations of the great river of the Amazons, the iles of St. Christopher, Mevis, and Barbados in the West Indies / all written by actuall authors, whose names you shall finde along the history.
Alternate Title(s):
True travels, adventures, and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith
Published / Created:
London : Printed by J.H. for Thomas Slater, and are to bee sold at the Blew Bible in Greene Arbour, 1630.
Physical Description:
[12], 60 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Taylor 315: With Smith's arms on t.p. verso and the conventional headpiece on table of contents leaf. With added fold. plate "The Summer Ils" (third state) from the author's The generall historie of Virginia, New-England and the Svmmer Isles (third state). Armorial bookplate: Archibald Philip, Earl of Rosebery. Bookplate: Henry C. Taylor.
Subject Terms:
Smith, John, 1580–1631. | Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800. | Brinley, George, 1817–1875 -- Bookplate. | Taylor, Henry C. (Henry Calhoun), 1894–1971 -- Bookplate. | Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of, 1847–1929 -- Bookplate. | Charles I, King of England, 1600–1649 -- Provenance. | Derby, Earl of -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Armorial bindings (Provenance)
Contributors:
Haviland, John, active 1613–1638, printer. | Reeve, James, printer of plates. | Slater, Thomas, -1653?, bookseller. | Sparke, Michael, -1645, bookseller. | Cecil, Thomas, active 1630, engraver. | Droeshout, Martin, 1601– engraver. | Smith, John, 1580–1631. Generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles.