(SOUTH AMERICA) Acuña Christoval; et al Voyages and Discover

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(SOUTH AMERICA.) Acuña, Christoval; et al. Voyages and Discoveries in South America. 2 folding maps. viii, 190, [2], 79, [4], 68 pages. 8vo, handsome modern full morocco; staining to pages iv and v, both maps laid down, the second slightly restored on fore-edge; edges gilt; original owner's signature on title page, modern bookplate of bibliographer Bonifacio del Carril on front pastedown. London: S. Buckley, 1698

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Includes the first English translations of three early South American voyages: Acuña's 1641 account of his voyage down the Amazon from Quito, Acarete's voyage up the Río de la Plata to Peru (with an interesting early account of Buenos Aires), and Grillet's journey to Guiana. Each has its own title page and is paginated separately, but the signatures are consecutive. Borba de Moraes, pages I:12-13 ("a rare book"); European Americana 698/236; Hill 1788; Palau 2487; Sabin 152.