Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI

Author	Maffei, Giovanni Pietro
Full title	Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI. Selectarum item ex India epistularum libri IV. Accessit Ignatii Loiolae vita. Omnia ab auctore recognita et emendata. In singula copiosus Index.
Year	1590
Place	Cologne
Publisher/Printer	Officina Birckmannica, Mylius
Era	16th century
Form/Genre	Letter, Biography, Other (see description), Encyclopedic work
Discipline/Content	Geography/Cartography, Meteorology/Earth sciences, Biology
Digital copies
Original	Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI (Cologne 1590) (Google Books), Antwerpen 1605 (MDZ)
Digital sourcebook	693175
Description	Originally printed in Lyon in 1537, the Sixteen books of Accounts from the Indies by the Italian Jesuit Giovanni Pietro Maffei was often republished in expanded form from the late 16th century. The edition Cologne 1590 has grown into an impressive volume of over 1,300 pages and accommodating two additional works besides the original one, which Maffei had written at the request of the Portuguese King Henry, who wanted the Portuguese missions recorded according to the sources available in the archive in Lisbon. However, the biggest part of the 1590 edition still consists of Maffei's accounts of travels to the 'Indies' (meaning places far away from Europe, in the Americas, Africa, and Asia). In these reports, elements of natural history like animals, plants, and geographical features are often described and discussed. The second part is made up of four books of letters from missionaries. Thirdly, a biography of Ignatius of Loyola has been added. The whole is opened by a letter of dedication to King Philipp, the nephew of King Henry, followed by an enormous index, subdivided into places and things mentioned.
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