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Voyages.- Ramusio (Giovanni Battista Delle Navigationi et Viaggi, 3 vol., collation: vol.1. a4, b-d8, e10, a-v8, x10, y-z, aa-zz, aaa-bbb8, ccc10; vol.2. 1-26, 34, 46, 54, A-Z, AA-II8, A-X4, Y6; vol.3. *6, B-D8, E-F6, A-Z, Aa-Vv8, Xx4, Yy-Zz, Aaa-Eee8, Fff10, mixed edition (as usual), titles with woodcut printer's device (also on final leaf of vol.2 & 3), vol.1 with final blank, 3 double-page engraved maps of Africa, India and Indochina (bound so that superimposed when open) in vol.1, 7 folding and 2 full-page woodcut maps in vol.3, woodcut initials and text-illustrations of indigenous people, fauna, flora etc. of , some full-page, some foxing and browning, mostly light but more severe to a few leaves, one or two minor marginal defects (paper flaw hole to c6 in vol.1, slight worming to lower outer corner at beginning of vol.2, Mm3 in vol.3 lacking small portion to outer margin), later vellum with traces of ties, rubbed and slightly stained, rebacked and recornered in vellum, calf labels, a good copy, [vol.3 Adams R139], folio, Venice, Giunti, 1613-1583-1606. ⁂ One of the most important collections of early voyages and travels. The first volume is mainly concerned with Africa and southern Asia, the second with Central Asia, Russia, and the Northern Seas, while the third volume is entirely devoted to America, and includes accounts of Peter Martyr, Oviedo, Cortes, Cabeza de Vaca, Guzman, Ulloa, Coronado, Fray Marcos di Niza, Xerez, Verrazano and Cartier. The double-page maps are of Cuzco in Peru, La Nuova Francia (Newfoundland, second separate map of Northeast America), Brazil, Sumatra (first map of any island in S.E.Asia), Parte de Lafrica, La Terra Hochelaga nella Nova Francia (Montreal, earliest printed plan of a settlement in North America) and Universale della Nuovamente Parte del Mondo Ritrovata (world map of the Western Hemisphere, one of the most complete of its time). There are also full-page maps of Isola Spagnuola (Hispaniola) and the city of Temistitan in Mexico.