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ASPINALL, Algernon. The pocket guide to the West Indies. British Guiana, British Honduras, Bermuda, the Spanish Main, Surinam & the Panama Canal. New and revised edition. London, Methuen & Co., 1939.Sm.8vo. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With many photographic plates and coloured maps. XV,525; XXXIX (advertisements) pp. A fine copy of this compendious work.. [Boeknr.: 36809 ]

€ 65,00

FORBES-LINDSAY, C.H. America's insular possessions. Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Co., 1906.2 volumes. Original decorated cloth gilt, with dust-jackets, top edges gilt. With folding profile of the Panama Canal, folding coloured map and 51 plates in photogravure. 560; 566 pp. Contents: The Great Antilles, Porto Rico, Guam, Hawaii, Panama and the Philippines. - A fine set. [Boeknr.: 36765 ]

€ 125,00

HERRERA, Antonius de. Uytvoerige reys-togten door Pedrarias Davila .. naar de vaste kust van Darien; in't jaar 1514 .. Aangevuld met de scheeps-togten van Jean Diaz de Solis, en die van Jean Ponze de Leon om de Karibanen te beoorlogen, in't jaar 1515. In't Spaans beschreeven .. nu aller eerst in't Neederduyts vertaald. Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, 1706.Sm.8vo. Later half vellum, marbled boards. With engraved title-vignette, engraved foding map and 8 engraved folding plates. 185,(14) pp. Issued in Pieter van der Aa's collection of voyages. - Pedro Arias de Ávila (1440 - 1531) was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator. He led the first great Spanish expedition to the mainland of the New World. There he served as governor of Panama (1514-1526) and Nicaragua (1527-1531), and founded Panama City (1519). - An early description of Central America and the Caribbean area.Tiele 5; Cat. NHSM I, p.107; Sabin 18783; Alden 706/125; Palau 114303. [Boeknr.: 879 ]

€ 475,00

MALASPINA, Alejandro. Expedición Malaspina. Un viaje científico-político alrededor del mundo 1789-1794. (Edited by) Javier Reverte, Miguel Angel Puig-Samper, José María Moreno Martin, Fernando Vallespín. Turner, 2010. 4to. Original boards, with dust-jacket. With numerous illustrations (some in colours). 143 pp. The Malaspina Expedition (1789-1794) was a five-year maritime scientific exploration commanded by Alejandro Malaspina and José de Bustamante y Guerra. The expedition was funded by the Spanish government and originally pursued strictly scientific goals. They were to survey and chart the islands and coasts under Spanish control or claim, visit the major settlements throughout the Pacific, and collect information on botany, zoology, ichthyology, ethnography and geography. [Boeknr.: 36632 ]

€ 40,00

MALASPINA, Alejandro. The Malaspina expedition 1789-1794. Journal of the voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Edited by Andrew David, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Carlos Novi, Glyndwr Williams. Introduction by Donanld C. Cutter. Translated by Sylvia Jamieson. London, 2001-2004. 3 volumes. 8vo. Cloth, with dust-jackets. With many maps and illustrations. XCVIII,338; XX,511; XXI,487 pp. Hakluyt Series, 3rd series, 8,11,13. - The Malaspina Expedition (1789-1794) was a five-year maritime scientific exploration commanded by Alessandro Malaspina and José de Bustamante y Guerra. The expedition was funded by the Spanish government and originally pursued strictly scientific goals. They were to survey and chart the islands and coasts under Spanish control or claim, visit the major settlements throughout the Pacific, and collect information on botany, zoology, ichthyology, ethnography and geography. Volume 1- Cadiz to Panama, Volume II - Panama to the Philippines and Volume III - Manila to Cadiz. [Boeknr.: 34646 ]

€ 175,00

WIJNAENDTS FRANCKEN, C.J. Door West-Indië. Antillen - Panama - Venezuela - Britisch Guyana - Suriname. Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, 1915. Original cloth. With 26 maps and illustrations. (6),238 pp. [Boeknr.: 36958 ]