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The Natural and Moral History of the Indies (Paperback)
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The Natural and Moral History of the Indies (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series, Volume 1
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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made
available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of
exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899,
consists of 100 books containing published or previously
unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir
Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and
Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, first
published in 1880, translates the first detailed description of the
geography and indigenous culture of South America, written by
Joseph de Acosta (1540 1600) and originally published in Spanish in
1590. Acosta was one of the first explorers to record and analyse
the geophysical phenomena of the 'New World' and attempt to explain
them scientifically. Volume 1 contains the first four books of
Joseph de Acosta's work describing the climate, plants, animals and
meteorological phenomena of South America.
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