[ABBOT GEORGE] A Briefe Description of the Whole Worlde

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[ABBOT, GEORGE.] A Briefe Description of the Whole Worlde. 8vo, modern 1/4 calf; moderate dampstaining, contemporary marginal notes, final two leaves and part of title page supplied in facsimile. London: John Browne, 1608

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Third edition. 38 pages toward the end are devoted to America, with a few pages on the modest English attempts at settlement: "The possession of this Virginia, is now discontinued, and the Country at this present, left to the old inhabitants." European Americana 608/1; JCB page II:49; Sabin 21 (note).