Histoire generale des voiages ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voiages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu´á présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connues contenánt cequ´il y a de plus remarquable
by PREVOST, abbe
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1754 Spanish Voyages MAPS in South America CORTEZ Ponce de Leon Florida Balboa
The 'General History of Voyages' by abbe Prevost is one of the largest and most impressive collections of stories of expeditions and world exploration printed in Europe during the 18th-century.
This 46th volume is one of the most desirable tomes from the entirety of Prevost's 'Voyages'. This volume gives information on the famed Spanish voyagers to South America:
· Voyages of Fernando Cortez, conquests in South America
o Story of fleet destruction
o Rise to Emperor
o Relations with Montezuma
· Voyage of Ponce de Leon, discovery of Florida and hunt for the Fountain of Youth
o Battles and fights against local Indian tribes
· Voyages of Vasco Nunez de Balboa and discovery of the South Sea and settlements on Island of Saint Dominque
Item number: #16796
Price: $550
PREVOST, abbe
Histoire generale des voiages ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voiages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu´á présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connues contenánt cequ´il y a de plus remarquable
Paris: chez Didot, 1754. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete
o [4], 563, [1]
o 6 engravings including a map of Mexico!
Map of Ville de Vera Cruz
Map of Saint Dominique
Map of Yucatan Peninsula
· Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua
Tribal women greeting Cortez
Map of Lake Texcoco during the Cortez conquests
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10.5cm)
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- Histoire generale des voiages ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voiages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu´á présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connues contenánt cequ´il y a de plus remarquable
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- PREVOST, abbe
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Didot
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1754
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- 0.00 lbs
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- 1754 Spanish Voyages MAPS in South America CORTEZ Ponce de Leon Florida Balboa rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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