Description: Heylyn, Peter. Mikrokosmos. A Little Description of the Great World. Oxford: W. T. for William Turner and Thomas Huggins, 1629 Title within woodcut border, folding table. [20], 807, [2] pages. old speckled calf ruled in blind; rebacked, front cover detached, some ink marginalia, leaf M1 trimmed and laid in , ink manuscript maps on free endpapers, margin tear, some corners browned, etc.STC 13279.Size 5.5 by 7.5"Text in English=================================== famous work of historical geography, encyclopedic in nature, giving us a glimpse of a young Oxford man's knowledge (with all its deficiencies) of the world in 1621.When the author comes to Siena, for example, he tells us of the Sienese pope Pius II, and as he moves through Germany, he describes the spread of Lutheranism. The first edition contained the remark that "France is a greater and more famous kingdom" than England. The author diplomatically explained to the outraged James I that "is" was a mistake for "was," but wisely thought it best to cut the sentence from subsequent editions. Well over half the volume is devoted to Europe, and the Near East, as the land of the Bible, is also extensively described. The African section is focused on North Africa, with Egypt taking the lion's share, and almost no knowledge of sub-Saharan Africa except for Madagascar is manifested. Heylyn opens his final section, on America, with the prescient remark that instead of "America," "this great tract of land ought, and that most aptly, to bee called the New World; New for the late discovery, and World, for the vast spaciousness of it." He tells of Columbus and has a good deal of information on Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil, Peru, and Cuba. Heylyn mentions Virginia, Florida, and the French discoveries in Canada, but the rest of North America is a blank to him, as he wrote only a year after the pilgrims had arrived on its shores. Peter Heylyn (1600-62) was a lecturer on historical geography at Oxford; this book constitutes, in effect, his lecture notes. An advocate of high-church Anglicanism, Heylyn won the favor of Charles I and Archbishop Laud, and opposed the Parliamentarians as well as Prynne for his writing of Histrio-mastix. ===================================Please see my other auctions Thank You Refund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Items must be returned to us within 20 days in order to receive a refund or replacement. Buyer is responsible for shipping costs. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
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Topic: Historical
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Subject: History
Language: English
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Year Printed: 1629
