(WEST INDIES) García de Céspedes Andrés Regimiento de navega

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(WEST INDIES.) García de Céspedes, Andrés. Regimiento de navegacion que mando hazer el Rei nuestro Señor. Numerous diagrams. 184 leaves. Folio, later stiff vellum, bowed; lacking first five leaves and map, all supplied in tasteful facsimile, moderate worming, minor dampstaining, edges tinted red; early inscription and inked library stamp on leaf 1. Madrid: Juan de la Cuesta, 1606

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First and only edition of an early Spanish navigation guide, including instructions for Havana, Veracruz, Cartagena, and more. "Includes a guide to the navigation in the West Indies, and some curious documents relating to the dispute with Portugal about the line of demarcation of the Spanish and Portuguese dominions in America"--Sabin 11718. European Americana 606/50; JCB II:39; Medina, BHA 515; Palau 98619.