79/3191 [South America]. (Schmidel, U. and Staden, H. von). Ander Theil dieses Weltbuchs von Schiff-fahrten. Frankf. a.M., M. Lechler for S. Feyrabendt and S. Hüter, 1567, 2 parts in 1 vol., (5),(1 blank),110; 59,(1) lvs., woodcut ill. on title, woodcut printer's mark on colophon, contemp. blindst. panelled pigskin over wooden covers w. central ornament surrounded by blindst. band showing J. Hus, D. Erasmus, P. Melanchton and Carolus V on both covers, frontcover w. blindst. "Weltbuch", folio.

- Without the first part. Erratic pagination but collation complete; occas. waterstained (mostly in blank margins). Lacks clasps and catches; vellum darkened. Despite defects a good/ fine copy of this rare work.

= It contains the accounts of several Portuguese voyages to the East Indies, the voyages of Ulrich Schmidel to Brazil and Argentina and that of Hans von Staden to Brazil; those of the latter two, both of whom were German mercenary soldiers, are amongst the earliest accounts of South American travels and discovery. Schmidel's account is the first printing of the earliest account of colonisation of the River Plate and of the founding of Buenos Aires. One of the rarest early German collections of voyages. Borba da Moraes p.317; Palau 304834; Sabin 77677. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXVII.