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The first edition, dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney whose father Henry, as Lord President of Wales, had instigated the translation into English. Sabin notes that "a special interest in the work for the American collector consists of its relation of the most ancient 'Voyages and Discovery of the West Indies, performed by Madoc, the sonne of Owen Guined, prince of North Wales, anno 1170'.