pftpf111,OCLC: 702167415,This leaf is part of Pages of the Past: Original Leaves from Rare Books and Manuscripts, a collection of manuscript and rare book leaves.,This leaf was identified from information on the label. WorldCat records were used to glean additional information about the book.,Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on December 23, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop.

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Leaf (pages 277-278) from an early travel book on the Americas originally published by John Ogilby, 1671. Parts of text based on Arnoldus Montanus's "De Nieuwe en onbekende weereld: of beschryving van America en't zuid-land." Engraving top of page 277 illustrates a description of the "Inhabitants of Mexico." "…Cloth'd in Cotton: On their heads they wore a high Plume of red Feathers; about their Necks, over their Shoulders, Breast and Back, a kind of large Thorax of Feathers curiously pleited ; each Arm adorn'd with Armlets, and their Middles girt with broad white Girdles full of red Streaks ; in stead of Garters they wore Laces of Feathers, as also a little above their Ancles."

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Information about digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on September 11, 2015. Scanning method: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop.