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Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557)
Navigationi et viaggi... ; secondo volume / da Gio. Batt. Ramusio. 1583
RCIN 1072757
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This is the fourth edition (1583-1606) of Giovanni Battista Ramusio’s (1485-1557) collection of significant voyages and discoveries. Ramusio was a Venetian geographer and ambassador to France who was fascinated by the discoveries being made in the world in the early sixteenth century. He gathered together and translated various accounts into Italian and published them in this monumental work Delle navigationi et viaggi (first edition: 1550-1556).
Provenance
Likely acquired for the Royal Library before 1860.
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Place of Production
Venice [Veneto]
