The illustrations of the «Historia General y Natural de las Indias, Islas y Tierrafirme del Mar Océano» of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdéz

Abstract

The Historia General y Natural de las Indias by Oviedo published in 1535 has original illustrations that in the edition realized by Amador de los Ríos in 1851-1855 some of them were changed and other ones incorporated. In some cases the errors are huge like the illustration of a weasel with an Australian kangaroo. These errors disqualify all the changes realized by Amador de los Ríos in the 1851-1855 edition. For this reason, are presented here all the original illustrations of the first edition of the natural history.