Suma de Geographia
Title page of Suma de Geographia / 1st ed / via UCM | |
| Author | Martín Fernández de Enciso |
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| Original title | Suma de geographia [que] trata de todas las partidas [e] prouincias del mundo: en especial delas indias. [e] trata largame[n]te del arte del marear: juntame[n]te con la espera en roma[n]ce: con el regimie[n]to del sol [e] del norte: nueuamente hecha |
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| Publisher | Jacobo Cromberger |
Publication date | 1519 |
| Publication place | Spain |
Published in English | 1578 / partial |
| Pages | 75 unnumbered leaves |
| OCLC | 52045426 |
| LC Class | G113 .E5 |
Original text | Suma de geographia [que] trata de todas las partidas [e] prouincias del mundo: en especial delas indias. [e] trata largame[n]te del arte del marear: juntame[n]te con la espera en roma[n]ce: con el regimie[n]to del sol [e] del norte: nueuamente hecha at Spanish Wikisource |
Suma de Geographia (Spanish: Suma de Geografía; lit. 'sum of geography') is a Spanish book on cosmography, geography, and maritime navigation written by Martín Fernández de Enciso and published in 1519 in Seville. Suma is deemed the first pilot's manual to comprehensively describe the New World as then understood by the Spanish and Portuguese. It is further noted as the first appearance in print of the Spanish requerimiento, and as a seminal work in Spanish navigational guides of the period.