SALAMAGUNDI Voyages of the Companions of Columbus

New York & London: The Cooperative publication Society New York & London Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No Publishing date, circa 1800's.Frontspiece of Rutger's Mansion.Clean, tight copy. Gold title to spine.Corners ever so slightly bumped. Corner of first (fly) page torn. Black boards, embossed on spine and front cover with a heart inside a rose. Includes the Whim Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Lanstaff, Esq. also Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus. ..."Juan Ponce De Leon might now almost be considered a governor without territories, and a General without soldiers. His villages were smoking ruins, and his whole force did not amount to a hundred men, several of whom were disabled by their woulnds...One of his most efficient warriors was a dog named Beriezillo, renowned for courage strength and sagacity. It is said that he could distinguish those of the Indians who were allies from those who were enemies of the Spaniards. To the former he was docile and friendly, to the latter fierce and implacable. He was the terror of the natives, who were unaccustomed to powerful and ferocious animals, and did more service in this wild warfare than could have been redered by several soldiers.".