(TRAVEL) Vargas Ponce José de Relacion del último viage al E

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

(TRAVEL.) Vargas Ponce, José de. Relacion del último viage al Estrecho de Magellanes. 4 folding maps, portrait plate, 4 folding tables. [6], xvi, 359 pages. 4to, contemporary speckled calf, minor wear; minor wear to maps, biblical passage on blank verso of second leaf, minor foxing, marginal repairs to final two leaves, edges tinted red; bookplates on front endpapers. Madrid, 1788

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Describes a voyage by captain Antonio Córdoba y Laso to evaluate the use of the Strait of Magellan as a trade route. The result was to discontinue the route; future Pacific trade missions involved an overland trip across Central America. Offered without the separately issued 1793 appendix. Hill 1756; Palau 352514; Sabin 16765.