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The First Voyage Round the World By Magellan: Translated from the Accounts of Pigafetta and Other Contemporary Writers
by Stanley, Lord of Alderley
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York, Nd(ca.1978): Burt Franklin. Octavo. 278 pages. One folding map. Reprint of Hakluyt Society, I, series, no. 52. This edition reprints the original documents with notes and Lord Stanley's introduction. Bound in a blue gray cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031668
- Title
- The First Voyage Round the World By Magellan: Translated from the Accounts of Pigafetta and Other Contemporary Writers
- Author
- Stanley, Lord of Alderley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Burt Franklin
- Place of Publication
- New York, Nd(ca.1978)
- Keywords
- Magellan's Trip Around the World
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Reprint
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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