De Novo orbe, or, the historie of the West Indies : contayning the actes and adventures of the Spanyardes, which have conquered and peopled those countries, inriched with varietie of pleasant relation of the manners, ceremonies, lawes, gouernments, and warres of the Indians (1612)
Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-1526, Eden, Richard, ca. 1521-1576, Lok, Michael, fl. 1615 · London : Printed for Thomas Adams · leaf 544
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