408 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1602. De Bry, Thkodorus, J. ^.,etJ. I.— Continued. 



as tubular projections on the sides 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 "Xona pars Ame- 

 ricfB, " containing the voyages of Sobalt de Weert. [37.] 



1604. AcosTA, J. DE. The | Natvrall | and Morall Historie of the | East and West | 



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

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

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

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

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

 for Edward Blount and William | Aspley. 1604. 8°. 11. 10, pp. 1-590. 



Of Sundry Fishers, and their maner of fishing at the Indies, lib. 3, chap. 1.5, pp. 163-169. — 

 Manati, p. 164. Manner of capturing whales by the Florida Indians, pp. 1U6-1G8. 



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



1605. Cll'Sius, C. Caroli Clvsii Atrobatis, | Aula; Cesaretc quondam Familiaris, | 



Exoticorvm 1 Libri Decern: | Quibus Animalium, Plantarum, Aromatnm, | 

 aliorumque peregrinorum Fructuum | .historite describuntur: | Item | Petri 

 Belouii Observatioues, | eodem Carole Clusio interprete. | Series totius operis 

 post Prajfationem indicabitur. | — | Ex Officina Plantiuiana Rapheleugii, 

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



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

 PhocK genus, pp. 132-135, cnm fig. 



The "Cete admir-abilis formaj' is a Cetoid monster; the mouth is open, displaying a con- 

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

 fins; the head is upturned, prqiects 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 (Physeter 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 the ventral surface, with the mouth open and the penis exserted This is 

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

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

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

 Amsterdam in the year IGOO by a Dutch na\-igator "ex Occidentali Oceano." In respect lo 

 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 ICOl by Bosgoed 

 {Bibl. Ichth. etPiscat.,^. 168). [39.] 



1606. GOMARA, F. L. DE. Histoire | generalle | des ludes occiden- | tales, et ten-es | 



neuues, qui iusques a present | out estd dcscouuertes. | Augmentee en caste 

 cinqniesme edition de la description de | la nouuelle Espagne, & de la grande 

 ville de Me- | xicque, autrement nommee, | Tenuctilan. | Composee en Es- 

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

 Genill6 | Marr. Fum^e. | [Design.] A Paris. | Chez Michel Sonuius, rue sainct 

 laquez a I'enseigne | de I'escu de Basle. | — | 1606. | Avec privilige dv Eoy. 

 sm. 8°. flf. 4, 1-4854-19. 

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



1608. Anox. ? " Ware Verthooniug eude af beeldinghe van een dooden. . . . Vis, 

 door die Zee aen der Straude 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.] "Beschryviaghe van der Samoyden Landt in Tartarieu, 

 Nieulycks oader 't ghebiedt der Moscoviteu ghebracht. Wt de Eassche 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 aenden Coningh van Si^aen- 



