Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his Pilgrimes Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others
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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE FIFTEENTH VOLUME OF Purchas His Pilgrimes
- The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the Fifth Booke of the second part of Purchas his Pilgrims
- CHAP. II Observations gathered out of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Bookes of Josephus Acosta, a learned Jesuite, touching the naturall historie of the Heavens, Ayre, Water, and Earth, at the West Indies. Also of their Beasts, Fishes, Fowles, Plants, and other remarkeable rarities of Nature
- CHAP. III Extracts of Gonzalo Ferdinando de Oviedo his Summarie and the generall Historie of the Indies
- CHAP. IIII Mexican Antiquities gathered out of the writings of Josephus Acosta, a learned Jesuite
- CHAP. V Of the ancient superstitions of the Mexicans and Indians of America, gathered out of the fifth booke of Josephus Acosta
- CHAP. VI Civill Customes and Arts of the Indians taken out of Acostas 6. Booke
- CHAP. VII The Historie of the Mexican Nation, described in pictures by the Mexican Author explained in the Mexican language ; which exposition translated into Spanish, and thence into English, together with the said Picture-historie, are heere presented. H
- CHAP. VIII Conquest of Mexico and New Spaine, by Hernando Cortes
CHAP. IIII - Mexican Antiquities gathered out of the writings of Josephus Acosta, a learned Jesuite
from The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the Fifth Booke of the second part of Purchas his Pilgrims
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE FIFTEENTH VOLUME OF Purchas His Pilgrimes
- The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the Fifth Booke of the second part of Purchas his Pilgrims
- CHAP. II Observations gathered out of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Bookes of Josephus Acosta, a learned Jesuite, touching the naturall historie of the Heavens, Ayre, Water, and Earth, at the West Indies. Also of their Beasts, Fishes, Fowles, Plants, and other remarkeable rarities of Nature
- CHAP. III Extracts of Gonzalo Ferdinando de Oviedo his Summarie and the generall Historie of the Indies
- CHAP. IIII Mexican Antiquities gathered out of the writings of Josephus Acosta, a learned Jesuite
- CHAP. V Of the ancient superstitions of the Mexicans and Indians of America, gathered out of the fifth booke of Josephus Acosta
- CHAP. VI Civill Customes and Arts of the Indians taken out of Acostas 6. Booke
- CHAP. VII The Historie of the Mexican Nation, described in pictures by the Mexican Author explained in the Mexican language ; which exposition translated into Spanish, and thence into English, together with the said Picture-historie, are heere presented. H
- CHAP. VIII Conquest of Mexico and New Spaine, by Hernando Cortes
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- Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his PilgrimesContayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others, pp. 233 - 301Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014