The Guanches of Tenerife: The Holy Image of Our Lady of Candelaria and the Spanish Conquest and Settlement
by DE ESPINOSA, Friar ALONSO & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS (Trans, Ed, Notes & Intro)
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About This Item
Hakluyt Society 1907. FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, xxvi + 221pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, sl chafing & soiling to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
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- Title
- The Guanches of Tenerife: The Holy Image of Our Lady of Candelaria and the Spanish Conquest and Settlement
- Author
- DE ESPINOSA, Friar ALONSO & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS (Trans, Ed, Notes & Intro)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Hakluyt Society 1907
- Keywords
- first editions hakluyt society history geography Tenerife Spanish conquest Spain exploration travel
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