408 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1602. DE BRY, THEODORUS, J. T., ct J. I. Continued. 



as tubular projections on the fides of the head ! This absurdity is apparently based on Acosta's 

 account of the capture of whales by the Indians of Florida. (See ACOSTA, J. DE, 1590.) 



The fasciculus having the above-given title forms part of De Bry's celebrated Collection 

 of Voyages. In the copy examined it is bound as the second fasciculus of "Nona pars Ame- 

 rica," containing tho voyages of Sdbalt do Weert. [37.] 



1604. ACOSTA, J. DE. Tho | Natvrall j and Morall Historie of tho | East and West | 



Indies. | Intreating of the remarkeable things of Heaven, of the | Elements, 

 Mettalls, Plants and Beasts which arc pro- | per to that Country : Together 

 with tho Manners, | Ceremonies, Laws, Governements, and Warres of | the 

 Indians. | Written in Spanish by loseph Acosta, and translated | into Eng- 

 lish by E. G. [Edward Grimestou]. [Design.] London | Printed by Val: Sims 

 for Edward Blount and William | Aspley. 1C04. 8. 11. 10, pp. 1-590. 



Of Sundry Fishers, and their maner of fishing at the Indies, lib. 3, chap. 15, pp. 163-169. 

 Manati, p. 164. Manner of capturing whales by the Florida Indians, pp. 1CC-168. 



For comment see tho orig. ed , 1590. [38.] 



1605. CLUSIUS, C. Caroli Clvsii Atrebatis, | Aulas Cesarese quondam Familiaris, | 



Exoticorvm 1 Libri Dccem : | Quibus Animal him, Plantarum, Aromatum, | 

 aliorumque p^jregrinorum Fructuum | .historic describuntur: | Item J Petri 

 Belonii Observations, | eodem Caroio Clusio intcrprete. | Si-ries totius operia 

 post Prsefationem indicabitur. | | Ex Omcina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 

 1605. [Title-page with engraved border.] '2. 11. 8, pp. 1-378, 11. 5. 



Cete admirabilis forma?, p. 130, cum fig. ; Aliud Cete admirabilc, p. 131, cum fig. ; Manati 

 Phocse genus, pp. 132-135, cum fig. 



Tho "Cete admirabilis forma)'' is a Cetoid monster; the mouth is open, displaying a con- 

 tinuous row of sharp-pointed teeth in the lower jaw ; there are neither pectoral nor dorsal 

 fins; the head is upturned, projects much beyond the lower jaw, and its termination may be 

 likened to a cap formed of a gigantic squid, of which the tentacles constitute a fringe around 

 the neck. The "Aliud Cete admirabile" is a Cachalot (Phyaeier macrocephalus), or "Pot- 

 walvisch" (as the text states it to have been called by the Hollanders), described and figured 

 from a specimen stranded on the west coast of Holland in 1598. The figure is a half-side 

 view, displaying tho ventral surface, with the mouth open and the penis exserted This is 

 noteworthy as being apparently one of tho earliest figures extant of the Sperm Whale. A 

 specimen stranded three years later is also briefly described. Of the "Manati Phocae genus " 

 there is a quite characteristic, although rude, figure from a stuffed specimen brought to 

 Amsterdam in tho year 1GOO by a Dutch navigator "ex Occidental! Oceano." In respect 10 

 the early history of the Manatee, Clusius justly holds the first place, his description and fig- 

 ure being the first based on an original examination of specimens. 



There appears to have been an earlier edition, the work being cited at 1601 by Bosgoed 

 (Bibl. Ichth. et Piscat.,p. 168). [39.] 



1606. GOMARA, F. L. DE. Histoire | generalle | des Indes occiden- | tales, et terres | 



neuues, qui iusques a present | out estd descouuertes. | Augmentce en ceste 

 cinquiesine edition do la description de | la nouuelle Espagne, & de la grand 

 ville de Me- | xicque, autrement nominee, | Tenuctilan. I^Composee en Es- 

 pagnol par Francois Lopez de Go- | mara, & traduite en Francois par le | S. de 

 Genilld | Marr. Fume'e. | [Design.] A Paris. | Chez Michel Sonnius, rue sainct 

 laquez a 1'enseigne | de 1'escu do Basle. | | 1606. | Avec privilige dv Koy. 

 sm. 8. ff. 4, 1-485+19. 

 Des poissons qu'on appelle en 1'Isle Espagnole Manati, chap. 31, f. 41 (2 pages). [40.] 



1608. ANON. ? " Ware Verthooning ende afbeeldinghe van een dooden. . . . Vis, 

 door die Zee aen der Strande opgheworpen den 20 Sept. 1608, tusschen 

 Catwijck ende Scheveliugen. Middelburg, 1608. 4. 20 bladz. tekst met 

 afbeelding." 



Not seen; title from Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 175, no. 2761. [41 ] 



1612. [HUDSON, HENRY.] " Beschry vinghe van der Samoyden Landt in Tartarieu. 

 Nieulycks onder 't ghebiedt der Moscoviteii ghebracht. Wt de Eussche tale 

 overgheset, Anno 1609. Met een verhael van de opsoecking ende ontdeckinge 

 van de nieuwe deurgang ofte straet int Noordwesten na de Rijcken van China 

 ende Cathay. Ende een Memoriael gepresenteert acnden Coniugh van Spaen- 



