Santiago, Chile: Empresa Editora Zig-Zag, 1964.
Trade Paperback. Edgeworn with chipping to spine head and tail, well toned, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback. ; Spanish language. History of French travel to Chile during the 18th century, including several noteable voyages of exploration. ; Coleccion Historia y Documentos; 222 pages..... More
London: Argonaut Press, 1935.
Limited Edition. Hardcover. Spine vellum darkening, light tone, light wear. Owner's custom bookplate. Solid hardcover. ; Cloth boards with vellum spine; printed on Japan Vellum paper. Fourteenth publication of the Argonaut Press. Limited Edition of 475, copy numbered 24. "critical edition of one of the best..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "explains, in vivid detail and sweeping scope, how the conquest of the New World was achieved by a handful of Europeans--not by the sword, but by deadly disease. The Aztec and Inca empires..... More
London: Argonaut Press, 1930.
Limited Edition. Hardcover. Spine darkening, 1/8" tear at spine tail in both vols, light tone, random endpapers foxing, light wear. Owner's custom bookplate. Solid hardcovers. ; Two of two volumes, complete. Cloth boards with linen back; printed on Japan Vellum paper. Eighth publication of the Argonaut..... More
Amsterdam: Da Capo Press / Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1969.
Reprint. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, light sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1609 edition. Original title-page reads: Newes of the complement of the art of navigation. And of the mightie Empire of Cataia. Together with the Straits of Anian..... More
New York: Privately printed, 1946.
Limited Edition. Hardcover. Covers rubbed, otherwise slight wear. Solid oversize hardcover. ; Limited Edition of 200 copies, printed at the Printing-office of the Yale University Press. "This Relation appealed to me not so much from a literary point of view as from its simplicity and..... More
Palma de Mallorca: Tipografia de Amengual y Muntaner, 1892.
Trade Paperback. Library stamps/marks/labels, most pages unopened, cover soil, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback.; Spanish language. Demonstrates the influence of Aragon, not just Castille, in the Columbus expedition and discovery of America. ; 93 pages. More
Venezia: Presso Giambatista Albrizzi, 1738.
Illustrated by Extra engr tp + folding pl. Seconda Edizione. Hardcover. MISSING final text leaf, light waterstains, light wear. Solid hardcover in modern binding. ; Italian language. Volume 2 ONLY, of multi-volume Italian-language translation of Salmon's Modern History, an early work of geography and world..... More