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London: Chapman And Hall, Ltd., 1912. First Edition. Chapters on Caraios or Caraïbes, Brazilian coastal tribes, Tapuyas, south-western Amazonia, lowland Amazonia, eastern slopes of the Andes, Chiriguanos, tribes of the Gran Chacu, Abipones and southern tribes. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 314, [1]. frontis. portrait & folding coloured map. index. original cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed (spot on upper cover, bit rubbed, scattered light foxing)

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1907. First American Edition. 8vo. pp. xvi, 379. folding colour map, frontis. portrait & 60 other illus. on 57 plates (4 colour). original gilt-stamped cloth (recased, several library blindstamps, rubberstamp on title, label on rear paste-down, some discolouration to spine & lower front joint, occasional light foxing)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. First Edition. The author was a member of the 1849 U.S. astronomical expedition to Chile commanded by Lt. James M.Gillis. In 1853 Smith resigned and set out from Concepción on the tour of central and southern Chile described in the present work, which also includes detailed observations on the manners, customs, and condition of the Araucanian Indians. Not in Smith. 12mo. pp. xii, [13]-335. wood-engraved frontis. & 16 wood-engraved text illus. (some full-page). original blind-stamped cloth (extremities frayed, 2 marginal tears, some marginal soiling & marginal dampstain in first gathering)

Munich: Lucas Straub.Johann Wagner, 1647., 1647. 12mo. pp. 12 p.l., 480, [12]index. woodcut device on title. engraved title. engraved map on verso of )(12. An excellent copy in old mottled vellum. First Edition. Although generally described as an edited and expanded translation of Pedro Goveo de Victoria's Relación de su Naufragio.en la costa del Perú (1610), it is in fact an historical romance based on that account of the Spanish Jesuit's travels and perilous adventures in Peru, Bahamas, Antilles, and Panama, and his final arrival at the Jesuit mission in Lima in 1597. Alden 647/28. Bell V137. Borba de Moraes I p. 108. Brunet I 955. JCB I 360. Medina 1094. Sabin 99443. cfLeclerc 67.. F.

New York: D.Appleton And Company, 1891., 1891. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 473, [6]ads. 59 plates & maps. original decorative cloth (faint dampmarks to lower margins, small label on spine). from the library of Canadian author, Thomas Conant [1842-1905]. Fourth Edition. cfSmith V7.. Hardcover.

Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins University Press, [1995]. First Paperback Edition. 8vo. pp. xv, [1], 415, [1]. text maps & illus. biblio. index. wrs. dola2735

London: Bates, Hendy And Co., 1869., 1869. 8vo. pp. 271 + [11]ads. 4 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.). tipped-in errata slip. largely unopened in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (front cover bit soiled, spine ends slightly frayed, light browning to contents leaf & verso of frontis. & title). First Edition. The author was the first secretary to the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway and secretary to the South American General Steam Navigation Company. In 1847 he went bankrupt and returned to England, where he founded and edited (1863-87) the South American Journal and Brazil and River Plate Mail. The present work forms a sequel to his Brazil And The River Plate, And The Falkland Islands., published in 1854. Sabin 29487.. F. Hardcover.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1879., 1879. 8vo. pp. xv, 644, [4]ads. with half-title. folding map. numerous text illus. after sketches by J.Wells Champney & others. original black & gilt-stamped pictorial cloth (cloth soiled, marginal repairs to 2 leaves). First Edition. The American naturalist first came to Brazil with C.F.Hartt as part of the Morgan expedition in 1870 and returned in 1874. "Hartt, at the time chief of the Brazilian Geological Commission, entrusted him with the exploration of some of the tributaries of the Amazon and Tapajós rivers. Smith forsaw that the proclamation of the Republic of Brazil would bring no advantages to the people, the loss of the rubber monopoly of the Amazon to the Far East plantations, and he advised taxing land and income instead of exports, etc. This classic work is much sought after." (Borba de Moraes) Smith S112. Borba de Moraes II p. 816.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

London: Edward Stanford, 1865. First Edition. Including chapters on Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, San Pedro, Rosario, Paraná, Esperanza, the Salado Valley, the Chaco, Cordova, Santiago, Tucuman, the Argentine republic and its constitution, cotton cultivation, sheep farming, emigration to Argentina, sale and rent of land, the Chaco Indians, &c. The author was the British consul in Rosario in the province of Santa Fé. "Valuable source for data on trade, agricultural colonies, immigrations, and especially on the province of Santiago del Estero." (Griffin) Griffin 5912. Jones, South America Rediscovered p. 247. Palau 117335. Sabin 34089. Spain and Spanish America p. 342. 8vo. pp. xxi, [1 leaf], 321, [1], [2]ads. with half-title. 3 folding maps (1 coloured, 1 in back pocket) & 8 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis. portrait). 16 wood-engraved text illus. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (tear in 1st map & fold tears in large map in back pocket - no loss, occasional light spotting)

Paris: Hachette Et Cie., 1893., 1893. large 8vo. pp. 4 p.l., iii, 614, [1 leaf]. 98 text illus. (18 full-page, incl. frontis. portrait). lacking the folding map. contemporary half morocco, top edge gilt, others untrimmed (rubbed, corners worn, small rubberstamp on title partly erased). First Edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: Printed For The Hakluyt Society [Second Series: No. 54], 1923., 1923. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 304. with half-title & errata slip. partly unopened in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (lower corners knocked). Cox II 292. Howgego C128.. Hardcover.

London: Printed For The Hakluyt Society [Second Series: No. 42], 1918., 1918. 8vo. pp. xlvii, 386, [1 leaf], xxxix. with half-title. 4 maps & plans on 3 plates. partly unopened in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth. Cox II 291. Howgego C128.. Hardcover.

London: Argonaut Press, 1928. Limited to 975 numbered copies on Japon Vellum. “This is the best critical edition of the classic account of El Dorado, the lost empire of the Incas, and Raleigh’s attempt to find it. The introduction [by Harlow] deals with the Elizabethan period in England and is of interest in a study of that era. This edition embodies much new material and includes an appendix of documents hitherto unpublished.” (Hill) Cox II p. 254. Hill pp. 246-47. National Maritime Museum I 290. 4to. pp. cvi, 182, [1]. photogravure frontis. portrait. 2 folding maps. facsimile of original title in text. colour woodcut on title. Uncut & largely unopened in original quarter vellum

London: Printed For The Hakluyt Society [First Series: No. 3], 1848., 1848. 8vo. pp. lxxv, xv, 240. with half-title. folding map (frontis.). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (spine dull & trifle frayed at head). Cox II 254. Howgego R7. National Maritime Museum I 289. Sabin 67555.. Hardcover.

Paris: Maradan, [1800]., 1800. 8vo. pp. 269, [25] + 11(ads). with half-title. Uncut & unopened in original wrs., rebacked in paper preserving original printed spine label (spine chipped). First Edition. A description of the colony for political exiles at Cayenne in French Guiana and account of the author's own banishment there as a royalist in 1798 and subsequent escape. Included at the end is a twenty-five page table providing names and details respecting those exiled to Cayenne in 1798 along with Aymé. Sabin 2521. Bell A381. Howgego L37. cfJCB II 4064.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

The Hague: D.H. van Waaldorp [ie. Antwerp: H.Verdussen], 1650., 1650. small 4to. pp. 24. woodcut title vignette. modern wrs. Including comments on the West-Indische Compagnie and Brazil. Alden 650/65..

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886., 1886. 8vo. pp. xv, 311, [1]. with half-title. contemporary half chagrin (extremities bit worn, rear cover spotted, neat gilt institutional crest on upper cover & lower spine, some light foxing, 1 gathering sprung). First Edition. The author, an Italian engineer, traversed the Gran Chaco region in the discharge of his duties as an official of the Civil Engineers' Service in the Argentine Republic. Much of his account is concerned with the manners, customs, and physical conditions of the Toba, Mattacco, and other native Indian tribes, and the whole of the third book, pp. 265-311, is devoted to the language of the Mattaccos. He also remarks on flora and fauna, geography, climate, politics, and missions.. F. Hardcover.

London: Cassell, Petter, And Galpin, Georgetown: Richardson And Co. New Amsterdam: G.P.Townsend, 1867., 1867. 8vo. pp. vii, 198, [1]. with half-title. 2 folding maps (incl. frontis.). original blind-stamped cloth (front cover stained). First Edition.. F. Hardcover.

[Madrid]: En La Imprinta Real, 1674., 1674. 8vo. ff. [10], 139 [ie. 137], [1]. text in double columns. lacking frontis. portrait. later marbled calf (closely cropped with some running titles, catchwords, foliation or signature marks shaved, short split in upper front joint, small wormhole in blank portion of title (with old repair) & in second leaf, tear in P1 repaired - no loss, some light dampstaining to leaves of first quarter). the Sir Thomas Phillipps copy, with press-mark & inscribed 'MHC'. First Edition of this biography of Pedro Urraca [1583-1672] who spent most of his life in Peru, largely at Quito. The author was chonicler and historiographer of the Mercedarian Order. Only one copy of the work is cited in NUC: JCB. European Americana 674/41. JCB III p. 270. Goldsmith, BM STC Spanish, C617. Medina, BHA, 1562. Palau 57029. Not in Sabin.. Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover.

Edinburgh: Printed For Archibald Constable And Co., 1824., 1824. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xviii, 372; xi, 288, 65 (appendix). with half-titles. folding engraved map (frontis.). contemporary half calf (rubbed, front joint of Vol. I starting to crack). Second Edition. Hall's account of his 1820-22 travels provides information on the history, politics, social life, and culture of Chile, Peru and Mexico, with remarks on bullfights, earthquakes, revolutions, mining, trade, the colonial system of Spain &c. Included are descriptions of his visits to Valparaiso, Santiago, Callao, Lima, Payta, Guayaquil, Acapluo, Tepic and San Blas. Sabin 29178. cfNational Maritime Museum I 336. cfHill p. 134..