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[VOYAGES AND TRAVEL]. GERALDINUS, Alessandro. Itinerarium ad regiones ub aequinoctiali. Rome: Guglielmo Facciotti, 1631. 8o. Engraved title. (Lacks three preliminary leaves.) FIRST EDITION OF "A VERY SCARCE AND CURIOUS VOLUME ON THE DISCOVERY OF THE WEST INDIES" (Sabin). The author was an intimate friend of Columbus, the one whose interest prevailed over Ferdinand to fit out the first expedition in search of unknown lands and who proved the feasibility of discovery by mathematical demonstration. The work was written in 1524. Alden & Landis 631/43; Sabin 27116. [With:] BLEFKEN, Dithmar. Scheeps-Togt na Ysland en Groenland. Leiden: Pieter Vander Aa, 1706. 12o. 2 engraved folding maps. Later quarter cloth. -- ROGERS, Woodes. Voyage Autour du Monde, Commencé en 1708 & fini en 1711. French translation from the English. Amsterdam: Paul Marret, 1716. 2 volumes, 12o. Engraved plates. 19th-century half calf gilt. First French edition. -- SCHEIBLER, Carl Friedrich. Reisen, Entdeckungen und Unternehmungen des Schifs-Capitain Johann Schmidt oder John Smith. Berlin: Siegesmund Friedrich Hesse, 1782. 12o. 19th-century half calf. Second Edition. -- SMITH, William. Relation historique de l'expédition, contre les indiens de l'Ohio en MDCCLXIV. Commandée par le chevalier Henry Bouquet. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1769. 8o. Half-title. Later quarter calf (cloth on covers splitting). 6 engraved plates and maps. Howes S-693; Sabin 8464. (6)
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