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Sale 2708 - Lot 102

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(FLORIDA.) A Relation of the Invasion and Conquest of Florida by the Spaniards, under the Command of Fernando de Soto. [14 of 15], 272 pages. 8vo, modern calf gilt; lacking preliminary license leaf, minor wear, leaf D8 chipped with slight loss, early manuscript notes on several pages. London: Lawrence, 1686

Additional Details

Second English edition, newly translated, of this important Portuguese narrative by "A Gentleman of Elvas." When first published in 1557, it was only the second printed account of Florida. Also included as appendices are English translations of two voyages to Tartary, and also "A New Descent of the Spaniards on the Island of Califurnia"--the first appearance in English of Atondo y Antillon's 1686 California letter. European Americana 686/131; Field 1274; Palau 260430; Sabin 24865; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 58b.