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[VARGAS y PONCE, José de (1760-1821)]. Relacion del último viage al estrecho de Magallanes de la fragata de S.M. Santa Marma de la Cabeza en los años de 1785 y 1786. Extracto de todos los anteriores desde su descubrimiento impresos y MSS. y noticia de los habitantes, suelo, clima y producciones del estrecho. Madrid: Por La Viuda de Ibarra, Hijos y Comaqma, 1788. - Apéndice a la relacion del viage al Magallanes... Madrid: en La Imprenta de la Viuda de D. Joaquin Ibarra, 1793.
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[VARGAS y PONCE, José de (1760-1821)]. Relacion del último viage al estrecho de Magallanes de la fragata de S.M. Santa Marma de la Cabeza en los años de 1785 y 1786. Extracto de todos los anteriores desde su descubrimiento impresos y MSS. y noticia de los habitantes, suelo, clima y producciones del estrecho. Madrid: Por La Viuda de Ibarra, Hijos y Comaqma, 1788. - Apéndice a la relacion del viage al Magallanes... Madrid: en La Imprenta de la Viuda de D. Joaquin Ibarra, 1793.
2 volumes, including appendix, 8o (243 x 182 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Magellan, 5 engraved folding maps and 5 folding tables. Varying contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vol. 1 with printed paper spine label, vol. 2 gilt-lettered on spine (some light wear).
FIRST EDITION of two important expeditions by Antonio de Córdoba. The first voyage was made with the intention of surveying the Straits of Magellan to see if it was advisable for the Spaniards to continue to use it as a route to the Pacific. It also includes a history of the discovery of the strait, as well as of the expeditions of Cabot, Drake, Bougainville, Carmargo and others. The second voyage includes an interesting account by Cevallos of the first encounter with the natives. "After these expeditions, the Spanish trade routes were exclusively to east coast ports and then overland to Pacific ports" (Hill 1756). Palau 352514 & 352515; Sabin 16765 (not including the "appendix").
2 volumes, including appendix, 8o (243 x 182 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Magellan, 5 engraved folding maps and 5 folding tables. Varying contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vol. 1 with printed paper spine label, vol. 2 gilt-lettered on spine (some light wear).
FIRST EDITION of two important expeditions by Antonio de Córdoba. The first voyage was made with the intention of surveying the Straits of Magellan to see if it was advisable for the Spaniards to continue to use it as a route to the Pacific. It also includes a history of the discovery of the strait, as well as of the expeditions of Cabot, Drake, Bougainville, Carmargo and others. The second voyage includes an interesting account by Cevallos of the first encounter with the natives. "After these expeditions, the Spanish trade routes were exclusively to east coast ports and then overland to Pacific ports" (Hill 1756). Palau 352514 & 352515; Sabin 16765 (not including the "appendix").