"A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa And of the countries that border rounde about the same" - 1597 - John Wolfe 15th century -Text label "Terra nondum plene

-Text label "Terra nondum plene cognita inuenta A 1499"

eiconibus in aes incisis ac ad vivum expressis illustrata

and the early Portuguese presence in the East

Clean imaging but creasing to the page and some smudges and marks

"A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa And of the countries that border rounde about the same" - 1597 - John Wolfe 15th century -Text label "Terra nondum plene"A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa And of the countries that border rounde about the same" Printed in London, John Wolfe, 1597 Translated by Abraham Hartwell pp. [20], 215, [3]: [fleuron]4, *4, 2*2, A 2E4 (Lacking 2 blank leaves: 2*2 and A1 ) 10 full page woodblock illustrations including the first English image of a Zebra and an early depiction of a banana tree. Two Maps not present 18th Century Calf (rebacked) with marbled end