Sep 29, 2022 - Sale 2615

Sale 2615 - Lot 329

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(CUBA.) Relacion verdadera de . . . la real armada de la flota en la carrera de las Indias, con los Olandeses. [4] pages, 10 3/4 x 8 inches, on one folding sheet; disbound, minor foxing, early manuscript page numbers; uncut. Madrid: Juan Sanchez, 1641

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An account of a hard-fought naval battle off the coast of Havana between the Spanish navy and a fleet of 17 Dutch privateers, as relayed by Admirals Geronimo de Sandoval and Juan de Vega Baçan. European Americana 641/121 (listing only two copies in libraries); Medina BHA, 1028; Palau 258221. None traced at auction, although Maggs offered a copy for sale in 1930, and Palau notes another listing from 1954.