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wets prim urn 



per fexenniam Mediterraneoram locoram exploratory 



moxllfaftr. Comitis fabfidiis fa f alius , partes faas circa Geographical 



Agronomic as , Hiftomqae Nataralis obfervationes , acnter tut am 



At que in Africam tandem trans f re tans faced ait. Quamobrem 

 ne illius Viripefiret memoria, Agronomic a ClariftmoD. Prof effort Golio, 

 aliqaando edenda : Hiftoriam vero Nataralem cam Praftantifsimi Vin 

 I dehaet , de Americans meritiftmo , per Illuflrif Maaritium Naf- 



foviam tradi curavl At que at defanbli cineribm fuaperfoherenturpm 

 mia, opus ejus pofthamam meistrattatibusnon inter mi fceri , fedadjungi 



volui. 



Ghuecunque itaqae obfervata digna ex beatiftmo hoc natara the at ro , 



vela me eruta, velhprimis incolis nobis tradita fant , examini & praxi 



fubjeci , ac qaa potai fedalitate & finceritate , vera a falfis , noxia a 



falataribus difcrevi. Tandemque eoram imagines adv'wum a piclore me- 

 cam per deferta peregrinante expreffas , adjunxi. Si hoc qaalicunque 



opere cbnj unfits viribus peraBo,&campo qaafi poft fat urn nunc aperto, 

 fertilifimam banc America partem a crafts illis caliginibus aliquatcnus 

 vindicari poffe Benevolas heUor cenfaerit , plus qaam digno laboris 

 p umio me affectum arbitrator. 





g. pi so 



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