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A voyage of discovery to the Strait of Magellan : with an account of the manners and customs of the inhabitants; and of the natural productions of Patagonia; undertaken, by order of the King of Spain, by A. de Cordova
Vargas Ponce, José, 1760-1821; Córdoba, Antonio de, approximately 1740-1811; Alcalá-Galiano, Dionisio, 1760-1805; Belmonte, Alejandro
viii, 104 p., [1] folded leaf of plates, [1] leaf of plates : 23 cm The expedition was led by Antonio de Cordoba Compiled from the journals of Dionisio Alcalá Galiano and Alejandro Belmonte, lieutenants of Córdoba Attributed to J. Vargas y Ponce. Cf. Medina, Bibl. hisp.-chilena A translation of parts of the author's Relación del último viage al estrecho de Magallanes de la fragata de S.M. Santa Maria de la Cabeza en los años de 1785 y 1786; published anonymously in Madrid, 1788 Portrait of Magellan "from an original painting at Toledo" and the map of Cordova's Voyage engraved by Neele & Son, 352 Strand "Published, Jany 15th, 1820 by R. Phillips & Co. Bridge Court Bridge Street, London."--Map Signature title: Voyages and travels, no. 5 of vol. II Rebound in 20th century cloth with gilt title to spine ; endpapers replaced Purchased by McKew Parr 1/1943 (dealer unknown) and rebound by Bennet Book Studios 8/23/1950
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