Fernandez de Quirós, P. Historia del descubrimiento de las regiones Austriales hecho por el General Pedro Fernandez de Quirós. Publicada por Don Justo Zaragoza. 3 Bde. Madrid, M. G. Hernandez, 1876-82. (23,5:16,5 cm). Mit 6 (1 farbig) Faltkarten. Mod. Hldr. mit Rückenschildern, OU. eingebunden, diese teilw. fleckig bzw. angeschmutzt, kleinere Randläsuren, einige restauriert. Palau 89695; Ferguson 9589e (gibt nur 4 Karten an); Sabin 67359; Henze IV, 495 ff. - Erste Ausgabe. Beste und umfangreichste Beschreibung über die Fahrten und Entdeckungen Quiros, dem Entdecker der Neuen Hebriden. -Teilw. stockfleckig und etwas gebräunt. Unbeschnitten. Three volumes. First edition of the most comprehensive description about the journeys and discoveries of Quiros, the discoverer of the New Hebrides. Published from the manuscripts by Hernan Gallego and Luis de Belmonte Bermudez, respectively giving accounts of the voyages of Mendaña to the Solomon Islands in 1567 and Fernandez de Quirós’s in 1595 and 1605 (including Quirós’s own eight memorial). Pedro Fernandez de Quirós (1565-1615) born in Evora/Portugal had previously sailed with the galleons plying between the Philippine Islands and Mexico and hat acquired a profound knowledge of navigation. With 6 folded maps (1 coloured) showing the Solomon Islands, the Santa Cruz Islands, the Marquesas, the routes of Quirós; another map the New Hebrides which Quirós considered to be the sought after Terra Australis. He named the New Hebrides therefore Austrialia del Espiritu Santo. - Some browning and foxing in places. Uncut copy bound in recent half-morocco gilt with 2 col. spine labels, original wrappers bound in (spotted and somewhat soiled, few small marginal defects, partly restored).
Fernandez de Quirós, P. Historia del descubrimiento de las regiones Austriales hecho por el General Pedro Fernandez de Quirós. Publicada por Don Justo Zaragoza. 3 Bde. Madrid, M. G. Hernandez, 1876-82. (23,5:16,5 cm). Mit 6 (1 farbig) Faltkarten. Mod. Hldr. mit Rückenschildern, OU. eingebunden, diese teilw. fleckig bzw. angeschmutzt, kleinere Randläsuren, einige restauriert. Palau 89695; Ferguson 9589e (gibt nur 4 Karten an); Sabin 67359; Henze IV, 495 ff. - Erste Ausgabe. Beste und umfangreichste Beschreibung über die Fahrten und Entdeckungen Quiros, dem Entdecker der Neuen Hebriden. -Teilw. stockfleckig und etwas gebräunt. Unbeschnitten. Three volumes. First edition of the most comprehensive description about the journeys and discoveries of Quiros, the discoverer of the New Hebrides. Published from the manuscripts by Hernan Gallego and Luis de Belmonte Bermudez, respectively giving accounts of the voyages of Mendaña to the Solomon Islands in 1567 and Fernandez de Quirós’s in 1595 and 1605 (including Quirós’s own eight memorial). Pedro Fernandez de Quirós (1565-1615) born in Evora/Portugal had previously sailed with the galleons plying between the Philippine Islands and Mexico and hat acquired a profound knowledge of navigation. With 6 folded maps (1 coloured) showing the Solomon Islands, the Santa Cruz Islands, the Marquesas, the routes of Quirós; another map the New Hebrides which Quirós considered to be the sought after Terra Australis. He named the New Hebrides therefore Austrialia del Espiritu Santo. - Some browning and foxing in places. Uncut copy bound in recent half-morocco gilt with 2 col. spine labels, original wrappers bound in (spotted and somewhat soiled, few small marginal defects, partly restored).
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