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[HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS, ANTONIO DE] Twee onderscheydene reys-togten deene ter zee en dandere te land, in de West-Indien, beyd...
Leyden: Pieter Vander Aa, 1706. First edition thus. Modern green gilt lettered cloth. 7 1/2 x 5 inches (19 x 13 cm); [2], 107, [10] pp., with one folding plate and two folding maps, vignette on title, with index, an uncut copy. Small marginal puncture and some edgewear, the first plate with a small loss into the image and a split at the fold, other spotting and short tears.
An early Dutch translation of Herrera Y Tordesilla's Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos, first printed Madrid in 1601. This work was issued by Pieter Vander Aa and formed part of a larger work on early voyages translated to Dutch Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indien. The present work excerpts from Gil Gonzales Davila's 1524 account of Honduras and St. Dominica, with an interesting plate, and from Cortes' conquest of Mexico, with two maps of the region.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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