THE FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD, BY MAGELLAN; TRANSLATED FROM THE ACCOUNTS OF PIGAFETTA AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY WRITERS
Author:
PIGAFETTA et al :
Title:
THE FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD, BY MAGELLAN; TRANSLATED FROM THE ACCOUNTS OF PIGAFETTA AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY WRITERS
Publisher:
hakluyt society london 1874
Description:
tastefully ex libris (gilt library logo and number to front board and spine only)lx 258pp xx, argent chromolitho armorial plate, 2 maps (part coloured, one folding) full contemporary calf, spine gilt with red title labels, marbled edges and endpapers VG- (front board cracked along 60% of hinge, illus sl foxed, some rubbing/shelfware-particularly to spine, bookplate on fep, light foxing to prelims)
Comments:
generally a nice bright tight copy let down by that damn front hinge: the details of Magellan's circumnavigation (1517-22) are somewhat less well-known than those of later voyagers. Successfully negotiating a route to the East Indies by sailing west,
Keywords:
travel history biography
Catalogue:
travel history biography
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