Download or read book De Orbe Novo written by Francis Augustus Macnutt and published by Book Jungle. This book was released on 2009 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Martyr d'Anghiera was an Italian historian of Spain and of the discoveries of his representatives during the Age of Exploration. De Orbe Novo The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera (published 1530; "On the New World") describes the first contacts of Europeans and Native Americans and contains, for example, the first European reference to India rubber. D'Anghiera studied letters of Christopher Columbus and the reports of the Council of the Indies. He himself had a great grasp of geographical problems. He first realized the significance of the Gulf Stream. This first of two volumes contains the first, second and third decades. The translation from Latin was done by Francis MacNutt.