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Nouus orbis regionum ac insularum ueteribus incognitarum,

Huttichius, Johann, 1480?-1544, Grynäus, Simon, 1493-1541 · 1532 · Basileae : Apud Io. Hervagium · 2 pictures

Nouus orbis is a 1532 Basel collection of travel accounts of newly known lands, compiled by Johann Huttich and Simon Grynaeus and printed by Johann Herwagen for a learned Latin readership. The two pictures are a heraldic achievement with a crested helmet, eagle and motto ribbon reading CAUDEO, and a woodcut historiated initial I showing Hercules among figures beside a Latin line, offering designers Renaissance woodcut framing and emblematic ornament.

Voyages and travels · Imprint 1532

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