The First Three English Books On America -1555 A. D.. Being Chiefly Translations, Compilations, &c., By Richard Eden, From the Writings, Maps, &c. of Pietro Martire, of Anghiera (1455-1526) ... Sebastian Münster, the Cosmographer (1489-1552) ... S

With reprints of original title-pages Half-title (p. 1-2): "Richard Eden's contribution to our literature ..." Preface contains an account of the earliest English voyages to America To the reader.--Preface.--The first English book on America: Of the newe lands and of ye people founde by the messengers of the kyngs of portyngale named Emanuel.--Of the. X. dyuers nacyons crystened. Of pope Iohn and his landes and of the costely keyes and wonders molodyes that in that lande is. --The life and labours of Richard Eden The second English book on America: A treatyse of the newe India, with other new founde landes and Ilandes, aswell eastwarde as westwarde, as they are knowen and found in these oure dayes, after the description of Sebastian Munster in his boke of vniversall Cosmographie ... Translated out of Latin into Englishe. By Rycharde Eden. The third English book on America: The decades of the newe worlde or west India, conteynying the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes, with