Title
The natural & moral history of the Indies
Title Variants
Uniform: Historia natural y moral de las Indias
Related Titles
Series:
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, no. 60-61
By
Acosta, José de, 1540-1600
Grimeston, Edward
Markham, Clements R. Sir, (Clements Robert), 1830-1916
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1880
Notes
Paged continuously.
The folded map, issued with v. 1, has half-title: ... Map of Peru; to illustrate the Travels of Cieza de Leon, in 1532-50; The royal commentaries of Garcilano de la Vega (1609); and the Natural and moral history of the Indies, by Father Joseph de Acosta (1608) [nos. 33, 41, 45, 60, and 61 of the society's publications] Includes t.-p. translated from Madrid edition, 1608; followed by t.-p. of London edition, 1604.
Contents: v. 1. The natural history (books I-IV).--v. 2. The moral history (books V-VII).--Map.
Subjects
America
,
Early accounts to 1600
,
Indians of Mexico
,
Indians of South America
,
Latin America
,
Natural history
,
Peru
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51373
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