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Livres anciens et modernes

Wright, I. A.

Spanish Documents Concerning English Voyages to the Caribbean 1527-1568; selected from the Archives of the Indies at Seville

1929

185,18 €

Horizon Books

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Détails

Année
1929
Lieu d'édition
London. The Hakluyt Society
Auteur
Wright, I. A.
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Central America & West Indies Hakluyt Society
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; x, 167, xlvii [ads] pp, frontis (facsimile letter of Miguel de Castellanos, 1568), 2 maps, including folding, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt vignette on covers, gilt lettering on spine, dj (chipped, about third of spine lacking), a fine and bright copy, rarely found in a dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This fascinating set of 29 documents on the various expeditions of the period is presented with a good introduction that provides the historical background, of this important era in the Caribbean, Spanish Main, Gulf of Mexico, where Spain and England were struggling for world supremacy.