The natural & moral history of the Indies

Title Variants

Uniform: Historia natural y moral de las Indias

Related Titles

Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, no. 60-61

By

Acosta, José de, 1540-1600

Grimeston, Edward
Markham, Clements R. Sir, (Clements Robert), 1830-1916

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1880

Notes

Paged continuously.

The folded map, issued with v. 1, has half-title: ... Map of Peru; to illustrate the Travels of Cieza de Leon, in 1532-50; The royal commentaries of Garcilano de la Vega (1609); and the Natural and moral history of the Indies, by Father Joseph de Acosta (1608) [nos. 33, 41, 45, 60, and 61 of the society's publications] Includes t.-p. translated from Madrid edition, 1608; followed by t.-p. of London edition, 1604.

Contents: v. 1. The natural history (books I-IV).--v. 2. The moral history (books V-VII).--Map.

Subjects

America , Early accounts to 1600 , Indians of Mexico , Indians of South America , Latin America , Natural history , Peru

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51373