The life and voyages of Americus Vespucius : with illustrations concerning the navigator, and the discovery of the New World /

Includes index.pt. 1. Biography [including Vespucci's letters of his four voyages].--pt. 2. Illustrations. [1] [Canovai, D.] Eulogium of Americus Vespucius .--2. A narrative addressed to Lorenzo di Pier-Francesco de' Medici; giving an account of the voyage and discoveries of Vasco de Gama beyond the Cape of Good Hope, the authorship of which, has been attributed to Americus Vespucius.--3. Letters of Paolo Toscanelli to Columbus.--4. Marco Polo and his travels.--5. Fellow-voyagers of Americus: Alonzo de Ojeda and Juan de la Cosa [abridged mainly from Irving's Lives of the companions of Columbus].--6. Documents relating to Americus Vespucius, presented in the collection of Navarréte.--7. Letter of M. Ranke to M. de Humboldt, respecting the correspondence of Americus with Soderini and de' Medici.--8. The Vespucci family.Mode of access: Internet