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Maître Stéphane PRENVEILLE

60 - [TRAVEL] - HERRERA (Antonio de) - A General History of the V…
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[TRAVEL] - HERRERA (Antonio de) - A General History of the Voyages and Conquests of the Castilians in the Islands and Mainland of the West Indies - Paris; N. & J. de La Coste, 1660 - 1 volume, In-4° (Volume I only, of the three published) – Waterstains; slight foxing on the top third of the volume – Contemporary brown calfskin binding, worn with losses – First French edition, translated by Nicolas de La Coste. Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, the Spanish monarchs’ first historiographer of the Indies, brought together for this important work a number of documents that had remained inaccessible to other historians and provides valuable information concerning Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Cortés and Magellan – As is.
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