La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo, The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla OFM and Other Documents Relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627) [2 vols]
by Munilla, Fray Martin de; (translated and edited by Celsus Kelly)
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1966. 2 volumes, complete. Square, tight set. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (80s net). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with plates, maps and charts, several folding. From the Dust Jackets: "Pedro Fernandez de Quiros was a remarkable navigator and explorer. Having sailed in 1595 as chief pilot in the ill-fated Spanish expedition to the Solomon Islands, he returned to the 'Austral Lands' - the area of the New Hebrides - in 1605 with another expedition, which is the subject of this volume." The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Nos. CXXVI and CXXVII. "With ethnological introduction, appendix, and other contributions by G. S. Parsonson." The author's 133 page introduction puts the expedition into historical context and illuminates the nature of 17th century explorations. Contains 32 documents concerning the 1605 expedition. Tables of Islands Discovered. Extensive bibliography (33 pages). Index. Uniformly bound in the original blue cloth with gilt sailing ship on each volume's front cover. Gilt-lettered spines. Full title: La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo, The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla OFM and Other Documents Relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627). First Printings of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/VG jackets (light soil). 8vo. xvii, 272pp + xv, pp. (273) - 446.
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- La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo, The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla OFM and Other Documents Relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627) [2 vols]
- Author
- Munilla, Fray Martin de; (translated and edited by Celsus Kelly)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- VG jackets (light soil)
- Edition
- First Printings of the First Edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo. xvii, 272pp + xv, pp. (273) - 446
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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