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Livres anciens et modernes

Boxer, C. R. (Edited From The Original Portuguese By)

The Tragic History of the Sea, 1589-1622; Narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Sal Thome, Santo Alberto and Sao Joao Baptista and the journeys of the survivors in South East Africa

1959

57,34 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1959
Lieu d'édition
Cambridge. The Hakluyt Society
Auteur
Boxer, C. R. (Edited From The Original Portuguese By)
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - General Hakluyt Society
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; xiv, 298 pp, frontis, 6 plates, 6 maps mostly folding, illus, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt vignette on front covers, gilt spine title lettering, dj (spine slightly faded), fine and quite clean, covers bright. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Fascinating and well-written narratives of sea travel and shipwrecks, with much information on south east Africa, giving much information on the historical ethnography of south east Africa. One plate of ship's decks plans has tissue overlay of contents.