Book Details
| Author: | Markham, Clements R.: |
| Title: | The Life and Acts of Don Alonzo Enriquez de Guzman, A Knight of Seville, of the Order of Santiago, A.D. 1518 to 1543. |
| Published: | London: The Hakluyt Society, 1862. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 10 - Travel and Topography |
| Description: | Translated From an Original and Inedited Manuscript in the National Library at Madrid; With Notes and an Introduction by Markham. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society series. The Hakluyt Society was established in 1846 for the purpose of printing rare or unpublished voyages, travels and naval expeditions by those who first explored these unknown and distant regions. The majority of these illustrate the history of the great age of discovery which forms the foundation of modern history. Publications were distributed only to members of the Society. 3 pp Report of the Hakluyt Society for 1862, 8 pp ads, xxv, 168 pp. An account of the adventures of de Guzman in Spain, Sicily, Italy, Germany, Flanders, the Balearic Isles and Peru, with accounts of the feud of the Pizarros and Almagro of Peru. He was one of the earliest travelllers in Peru whose writings have been preserved. A few spots of foxing on last few pages. Binding tight. Yellow eps. Bound in blue cloth boards of the Hakluyt Society with gilt lettering on spines. Gilt vignette of the sailing ship 'Victoria' on front board. Blindstamp decoration on boards. Boards clean. Spine somewhat darkened. Overall condition VG to VG+. |
| Book Number: | #6385 |
| Price: | € 490.00 |
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