Excerpt, De Orbo Novo

Alternative Title

Excerpt, Decades of the New World

Author

Peter Martyr d'Anghiera
Thomas Hallock
Francis Augustus MacNutt

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Publication Date

1530

Time Period

circa 1530

Abstract

"The first reports of Ponce de Léon's discovery, the most famous being the Fountain of Youth, received mention in De Orbe Novo Decades, or simply The Decades, of Italian humanist Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457-1526).

Keywords

Juan Ponce de Léon (1460?-1521), Fountain of Youth (Legendary place), Mythology, Discovery and exploration

Extent

5 pages

Original Language

Spanish

Language

English

Media Type

Excerpts; Travel literature

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

EVF_0005

Type

Article

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

d'Anghiera, Peter Martyr; Hallock, Thomas; and MacNutt, Francis Augustus, "Excerpt, De Orbo Novo" (1530). Early Visions Bucket. 5.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/early_visions_bucket/5