The decades of the newe worlde or west India conteynyng the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes, with the particular description of the moste ryche and large landes and ilandes lately founde in the west ocean perteynyng to the inheritaunce of the kinges of Spayne. ... Wrytten in the Latine tounge by Peter Martyr of Angleria, and translated into Englysshe by Rycharde Eden.
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The decades of the newe worlde or west India conteynyng the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes, with the particular description of the moste ryche and large landes and ilandes lately founde in the west ocean perteynyng to the inheritaunce of the kinges of Spayne. ... Wrytten in the Latine tounge by Peter Martyr of Angleria, and translated into Englysshe by Rycharde Eden.
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Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-1526.
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Londini :: In ædibus Guilhelmi Powell [for Edwarde Sutton],
Anno. 1555.
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America -- Early accounts to 1600.
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"The decades of the newe worlde or west India conteynyng the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes, with the particular description of the moste ryche and large landes and ilandes lately founde in the west ocean perteynyng to the inheritaunce of the kinges of Spayne. ... Wrytten in the Latine tounge by Peter Martyr of Angleria, and translated into Englysshe by Rycharde Eden." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20032.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.
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¶ The contentes of the fyrst booke. Fol. 51.
¶ Howe after the death of Colonus the Admirall, the kyng•• gaue free lycence to all suche as wolde attempte any vyages: And of the nauigatiōs of Diego Nicuesa, & Alphōsus Fogeda
Of the Ilande Codego and the region of Caramairi: And of certeyne sweete apples whiche turne into woormes when they are eaten, whose trees are also contagious.
Howe Alfonsus Fogeda, the Lieuetenaunt of Uraba, en∣counterynge with the barbarians had the ouerthrowe. And howe in this conflicte, fyftie of his men were slayne with Io∣hannes de la Cossa theyr capytayne.
Howe Fogeda, and Nicuesa the Lieuetenaunte of Bera∣gua, reuenged the death of theyr coompanyons. And howe Fogeda came to the Ilande Fortis and the region of Cariba∣na where he was repulsed from the golde mynes by the fierce¦nesse of the barbarians vsyng arrowes infected with poyson.
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Howe Fogeda was wounded in the thygh with a vene∣mous arrowe, and his men almost consumed with famyn.
Howe a brigantine was drowned with the stroke of a fysshe: And of the nauigation of Ancisus from Hispaniola to Uraba.
Of the Lamentable shyppewracke of Ancisus: And of the date trees and wytde bores which he founde.
Of the frutes or apples of the trees cauled Ceders of Libane which beare owlde frutes and newe all the yeare.
Howe onely three of the Canibales with theyr bowes and inuenemed arrowes assayled Ancisus with a hundreth of his men: In which conflicte they wounded and slewe many. Also of theyr swyftnesse of foote.
Of the great ryuer of Dariena: And how Ancisus encoun¦tered with fyue hundreth of thinhabitauntes of the goulfe of Uraba and put them to flyght. Also howe he founde greate plent••e of wrought golde and housholde stuffe in a thycket of reedes.
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