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A LETTER

from

MAXIMILIANUS TRANSYLVANUS

to the

MOST REVEREND CARDINAL OF SALZBURG,

very delightful to read,

CONCERNING THE MOLUCCA ISLANDS, AND ALSO MANY

OTHER WONDERS, WHICH THE LATEST VOYAGE OF

THE SPANIARDS HAS JUST DISCOVERED.




(THE TITLE IN RAMUSIO'S COLLECTION RUNS THUS)—

A Letter of Maximilianus Transylvanus, Secretary to His Majesty the

Emperor, written to the Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord

the Cardinal of Salzburg, concerning the wonderful and

astonishing Voyage made by the Spaniards in the

Year 1519, round the World.