ACCOUNTS, dk-C, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I5 



Among the more interesting acquisitions may be mentioned : — 



1. Carta da navigar per le Isole novam'" tr[ovate] in le parte de I'lndia : dono Alberto 

 Cantino al S[ig.] Duca Hercole [di Ferrara, 1502], Facsimile by A. & S. Pilinski, 

 from the original in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena. 



2. Universalis cosmographie descriptio tam in solido quern [szc] piano. Facsimile by 

 S. Pilinski, of 12 gores of a globe, supposed to have been engraved for the " Cosmographise 

 Introductio," edited by Ludovicus Boulonger [Lyon, 1514 ?]. The earliest known globe 

 containing the name of America. 



3. Facsimile of the third globe of Joannes Schoner, for which he wrote his dedicatory 

 letter, " De nuper, sub Castiliae ac Portugaliae Regibus Serenissimis, repertis Insulis ac 

 Regionibus, Joannis Schoner, Charolipolitani epistola et Globus Geographicus," etc. 

 Timiripae, 1523. The earliest geographical document showing the route of the first cir- 

 cumnavigation of the world by the Spaniards under Magellan, 1521-23. Timiripa has 

 recently been identified by Mr. Coote with Kirchehrenbach (near Bamberg), of which 

 place Schoner was vicar from 1518-24. 



4. Gelegenheit Teutscher Lannd imnd aller anstos, das man mit hilif eins Compas 

 gewisHch von einem artt zu dera onndern zlehenn mag . . . Gedruckt . . . durch 

 G. Erlinger von Augspurg. Bamberg, 1524. An early woodcut Map of Germany, 

 believed to be unique ; unknown to Nagler and Jaeck. 



5. Carta Universal en que se contiene todo lo que del mundo se ha descubierto fasta 

 agora, hizola Diego Ribero, cosmographo de Su Magestad : Ano de 15296 SeujUa. La qual 

 se devide en dos partes conforme a la capitulacion que hiziei'on los Catholicos Reyes de 

 Espaiia y el Rey Don Juan de Portogual en Tordesillas : Ano de 1494. A reduced fac- 

 simile, by W. Griggs, of the original chart preserved in the Museum of the Propaganda 

 in Rome. 



6. Carta marina et descriptio Septemtrionalium Terrarum, ac mirabilium rerum in eis 

 contentarum diliaentissime elaborata. Anno Dni 1539. [By] Olaus Magnus Gotus. 

 Thome de Rubis : Venetis. A reduced facsimile of the unique example discovered by Dr. 

 O. Brenner in the Miiuchener Staatsbibliothek. Christiania, Miinchen [lith.], 1886. 



7. Two globes, one Terrestrial and the other Celestial, each in 12 segments to form a 

 globe 3 5 inches in diameter. Elaborabat F. Demongenet. [Engraved by] E. V"[ico]. 

 Ven[etiaj, 1541 ?J. 



8. Brugae Flandrorum Urbs et I'mporium Mercatu Celebre. An. a Chr. Nat. 

 CIOloLXII. . . Illustrissimo amplissimoque Senatui Populoque Brugensi Marcus 

 Gerardus pictor et sculptor dedicabat. Facsimile, natural size, of a rare plan of Bruges by 

 M. Gerards; lithographed on JO sheets by K. Van de Vyvere-Petyt. Brugge [1883]. 



9. Nova totius Palestinse sen Terrse Sanctaj descriptio pagella una, ita ut Bibliorum 

 voluminibus congruat. Neue und deutliche Beschreibung des gelobten Heyligen 

 Lanndts Palestinas. Dui'ch B. Jenichen. [Nuremberg, 1570.] 



Robert K. Douglas. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue oj Romances. — The preparation of the second volume has been continued. 

 Articles in various Icelandic and other MSS. have been described; and detailed intro- 

 ductory notices of the Eddas and of the Icelandic Ballads have been written. 



2. Catalogue of Spanish MoMuscripts. — The fourth volume, which will include the 

 Index, is in progress. 



3. Catalogue of Additions. — The descriptions of Additional and Egerton MSS. acquired 

 in the years 1881-1885 have been sent to press. The Additional MSS. 32,628-32,644, 

 32,658-32,677, and Egerton MSS. 2,624-2,645, acquired in the year 1886, have been 

 described. 



The acquisitions of the year have been entered in the registers. 



The Index to the descriptions for the year 1885 has been completed, revised, and 

 transcribed in fourfold ; and a copy of the catalogue has been placed in the Reading 

 Room. 



4. Indexes, — An Index to English Poetry in the various collections is in course of pre- 

 paration. 



The Index of English Theological Treatises down to the end of the 16th century has 

 been continued. Three hundred and forty-five M6S. have been indexed. 



185. B 4 5. Catalogues 



