(MAGELLAN STRAIT OF) [Vargas y Ponce Jose de] Relacion del Ú

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(MAGELLAN, STRAIT OF.) [Vargas y Ponce, Jose de.] Relacion del Último Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes. 2 parts in one volume. 3 (of 5) folding maps, one detached; frontispiece portrait; 5 folding tables. 4to, contemporary calf, moderate wear; repaired tear on K4, S3-4 misbound after S6 wide margins. Madrid, 1788-93

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Bound with the 1793 Apéndice, as usual. "These voyages were made in order to ascertain the advisability of Spanish ships continuing to use the passage of the Strait of Magellan in voyages to the Pacific. . . . After these expeditions, the Spanish trade routes were exclusively to east coast ports and then overland to Pacific ports"--Hill 1756. Palau 352514, 352515; Sabin 16765, 1729.