Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 303

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER.) Pasqual, Antonio Raymundo. Descubrimiento de la Aguja Náutica, de la Situacion de la América, del Arte de Navegar, y de un Nuevo Método para el Adelantamiento en las Artes y Ciencias. 4to, contemporary vellum, moderate wear; moderate worming toward front. Madrid, 1789
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Argues that Ramon Llull discovered the power of the magnet in navigation, and that Llull's theories regarding the existence of a western continent influenced Columbus. Medina BHA 5346; Palau 214290; Sabin 58993. One other copy known at auction since 1972.