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MALASPINA, Alessandro (1754-1810). Viaje político-científico alrededor del mundo por las corbetas descubierta y atrevida al mando de los Capitanes de Navío D. Alejandro Malaspina y Don José de Bustamente y Guerra. Edited by Pedro Novo y Colson. Madrid: Widow and Heirs of Abienzo, 1885.
2o (322 x 226 mm). Etched portrait of Malaspina and 6 etched plates after B. Maura, lithographed folding map. (Some browning.) Contemporary blue half morocco (slightly rubbed at extremities).
Second edition of the official report of the Malaspina expedition of 1789 to 1794, published the same year as the first edition. This official record was not published until 1885, after the manuscripts and records of the expedition were recovered in the Madrid Museum and edited by Pedro de Novo y Colson. For the first published accounts of the Malaspina expedition, see José Espinosa Y Tello's Memorias sobre las observaciones astronomicas, hechas por los navegantes Españoles en distintos lugares del globo (Madrid, 1809, lot 182) and Francisco Xavier de Viana's Diario del viage explorador de las Corbetas Españolas "Descubierta" y "Atrevida" en los años de 1789 á 1794 (Montevideo, 184, lot 516). Ferguson 12207; Hill 1068; Hogwego M26; Palau 147592.
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Second edition of the official report of the Malaspina expedition of 1789 to 1794, published the same year as the first edition. This official record was not published until 1885, after the manuscripts and records of the expedition were recovered in the Madrid Museum and edited by Pedro de Novo y Colson. For the first published accounts of the Malaspina expedition, see José Espinosa Y Tello's Memorias sobre las observaciones astronomicas, hechas por los navegantes Españoles en distintos lugares del globo (Madrid, 1809, lot 182) and Francisco Xavier de Viana's Diario del viage explorador de las Corbetas Españolas "Descubierta" y "Atrevida" en los años de 1789 á 1794 (Montevideo, 184, lot 516). Ferguson 12207; Hill 1068; Hogwego M26; Palau 147592.