Nouus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum, una cum tabula cosmographica, & aliquot alijs consimilis argumenti libellis, nunc nouis nauigationibus auctus, quorom omnium catalogus sequenti patebit pagina. His accessit copiosus rerum memorabilium index. Adiecta est huic postremae editioni Nauigatio Caroli Cæsaris auspicio in comitijs augu︠s︡tanis in︠s︡tituta
This 1555 Basel collection of voyages and travel accounts, compiled by Johann Huttich and edited by Simon Grynaeus, gathers Latin narratives of newly explored lands and islands for scholars and armchair cosmographers. Its woodcut pictures include a carved pillar topped with two busts in plumed headdresses, set on a rocky base, and a heraldic shield with three upright objects, a bird, a crest and a scroll; a designer might borrow the compact, emblematic style of the framed motifs and the crisp black-line shading.
