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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FISHES 



285 



porum animalium et naturam bestia- 

 rum, piscium, insectorum, reptilium per 

 dialogos exposita. London, 1735. fig. 

 8°. Pre-Linn. 1735.1 



Martyr, Peler {d'Anghera) [1457- 

 1526] For a sketch of his life and work 

 and a bibliography of his publications, 

 together with a list of books relating to 

 his writings, see Schumacher, Hermann 

 A. " Petrus Martyr der Geschicht- 

 schreiber des Weltmeeres. Eine Studie' ' 

 [with copious notes] New York, 1879. 

 152 p. Also McXutt, F. A., translator 

 and editor, cited in footnote below. 



Libretto di tutta la navigazione 



del re di Spagna de le isole et terreni 

 novamente trovati. Venezia, 1504. 



Pre-Linn. 1504.1 



Contains the first printed account of fishing 

 with the reniora or guiacanum. 



Copy, J. C. B. Reproduced in facsimile in 

 Thacher, JohnBoyd. "Christopher Columbus," 

 «tc. X. Y., 1903, vol. II, chap, xv; and in 

 Wiener, cited below. 



rFishing with the remorai (In 



Fracanzio, Montalboddo. Paesi nova- 

 mente retrovati et Novo Mondo, da 

 Alberico Vesputio Florentise intitulato. 

 Yicenza, 1507. 120 leaves) 



Pre-Linn. 1507.1 



Second printed account. 



A number of editions and versions of this 

 "work are known. Copies, 1508 (4 eds.), 1516, 

 1517, 1519, 1521, J. C. B. 



"Fishing with the remora" also found in: 



• Legatio Babylonica, oceani de- 



<;as [decade I], etc. Hispali [Seville], 

 1511. Pre-Linn. 1511.1 



De rebus oceanis et orbe novo 



decades tres, etc. Alcala, 1516. 



Pre-Linn. 1516.1 



This latter work, consisting of the three 

 <lecades with or without the addition of the 

 t- fourth and other decades, passed through a 

 number of editions. Harris notes Italian and 

 German editions of 1520. Others are known 

 from Basel, 1521. & Cologne, 1522. Still others 

 are 1530 (2 eds.), 1532, 1533, 1536, 1564 (Ital- 

 ian), 1574, 1577 (French), & 1582 (German). 

 In 1534, at Venice, appeared a compilation an 

 integral part of which was a summary of Peter 

 Martyr's writings on the New World. This is 

 reprinted in the 3rd vol. of Ramusio's "Delle 

 Navigationi et Viaggi." (q. v.). The issue of 

 Peter Martyr printed 1530 seems to have been 

 a complete edition, and an edition of eight 

 Decades is accorded to Paris, 1536, by some 

 bibliographers, but apparently the first edition 

 bearing the words "Decades octo" on the title 

 page is: 



De orbe novo Petri Martyris 



Anglerii mediolanensis, protonotarii et 

 Oaroli Qainti senatoris, decades octo, 

 ■diligente temporum observatione et 

 utilissimis annotationibus illustratae, 



suoque nitore restituae labore et indus- 

 tria Kiohardi Hakluyti Oxoniensis, 

 Arngli. Paris, 1587. Pre-Linn. 1587.1 



This edition is dedicated to Sir Walter Ra- 

 leigh: "illustri et magnanimo viro Gualtero 

 Ralegho." 



Later eds. are: Latin, Rotterdam, 1616, and 

 its French translation, "Extrait ou recueil des 

 lies nouvellement, etc." Another Latin version 

 is "Opus epistolarum Petri Martyris," etc. 

 Amsterdam, 1670. English versions follow: 



Decades of the Newe Worlde, 



or West India; conteyning the naviga- 

 tions and conquests of the Spaniards 

 . . . etc. Written in the Latine tongue 

 by Peter Martyr of Angleria; and trans- 

 lated into Englyshe by Rycharde Eden, 

 with Oviedo's Indies . . . etc. Lon- 

 don, 1555. Pre-Linn. 1555.1 



Republished in Edwin Arber's book, "The 

 first three English books on America." Bir- 

 mingham, 1885. 



A 2nd English ed. was published at London 

 in 1577 under the title of "Rycharde Eden's 

 History of Travayle in the West and East Indies 

 [etc.] Augmented and finished by R. Willes." 



In the 2nd ed., p. 211-215, is found the chap- 

 ter on "Fishes, and of the manner of fishing," 

 extracted from Oviedo. 



A 3rd English ed. is Lok's extension of Eden, 

 dated 1612. This was reprinted at London with- 

 out date (c. 1625). 



A present day admirable English version is: 



De Orbe Novo: the eight decades of Peter 

 Martyr d'Anghera translated from the Latin 

 with notes "and introduction by Francis Augus- 

 tus MacNutt. 2 vols. N. Y.,1912'. viii, 414p. 

 (I); 448 p. (II.) 8°. 



Fishing with the remora, vol. I, p. 97; vol. II, 

 p. 299-300. Fish rendered poisonous by eating 

 manchineel, vol. II, 372. Methods of fishing on 

 coast of Venezuela, vol. II, 378. 



A modern Spanish edition was issued at 

 Madrid, 1892, edited by Asensio. The authori- 

 tative French version is that edited by Paul 

 Gaffarel, Paris, 1907. 



The author of the "De Orbe Novo" was one 

 of the foremost writers of his day on the natural 

 and political history of the new world. His 

 book, either in its parts or as a whole, passed 

 through many editions, issues, and translations, 

 and the preparation of his bibliography, even 

 so far as it relates to fishes only, is a matter of 

 great difficulty. 



The great work of Peter Martyr in the do 

 main of natural history was to make known to 

 Europe the fauna and flora discovered by the 

 Spaniards in the new world. 



For critical notes on. the origin of the word 

 Guiacanum, and on the "fishing with the re- 

 mora" story, see Wiener, L. "Africa and the 

 Discovery of America." Philadelphia, 1920, 

 vol. I, p. 61-67. 



M[ascall] Lieonard] [ -1589] _ A 

 booke of fishing with hooke and line, 

 and of all other instruments thereunto 

 belonging, etc. Made by Lieonard] 

 M[ascall] London,. 1590. 93 p. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1590.1 



"The first part, containing the "Treatise of 

 fishing" (clumsily taken and marred in the 

 transfer from the "Book of St. Albans" ends at 



