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Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 1 (of 8)

Note 155 — Part II. THE EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF AMERICA AND COLLECTIVE ACCOUNTS OF THE EARLY VOYAGES THERETO.

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Ramusio’s name does not appear, but D’Avezac thinks his editorship is probable; cf. Bulletin de la Société de Géographie (1872), p. 11. There are copies in Harvard College, Carter-Brown, J. C. Brevoort, H. C. Murphy, and Lenox libraries. For an account of a map said to belong to it, see Winsor’s Bibliography of Ptolemy, sub anno 1540. Cf. Bibl. Amer. Vet., no. 190; Stevens, Historical Collections, vol. i. no. 344, and Nuggets, vol. ii. no. 1,808; Murphy, no. 1,609; Sunderland, vol. iv. no. 8,177; Carter-Brown, vol. i. no. 107; Ternaux, no. 43; Court, no. 213. Ramusio also included Martyr in the third volume of his Navigationi. Cf. the opinions of Mr. Deane and Mr. Brevoort on the Summario as given in Vol. III. p. 20.

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