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Narratives, translated and edited, with a preface, introduction and notes, of the second voyage through the strait, commanded by the Comendador Loaysa and SebastiA!n del Cano, 1524-6, the third voyage, under the command of SimA(3)n de Alcazaba, 1534-5, and the reconnaissance by Bartolome and Gonzalo de Nodal, 1618-19; with a fragment relating to the expedition sent by the bishop of Plasencia under Alonso de Camargo, 1539-41. Contents: Introduction to the expedition of the comendador Loaysa and Juan Sebastian del Cano.-List of survivors of the Magellan expedition brought back by Juan Sebastian del Cano, in the Victoria.-Expedition of the comendador Loaysa to Maluco.-Narrative of the Loaysa expedition by Captain Andres de Urdaneta.-Description of the strait of Magellan by the pilot Martin de Uriarte.-Narrative of the voyage of the pinnace Santiago.-Narrative of the voyage of Alvarez de Sayavedra by Vicencio of Naples.-Introduction to the expedition of Simon de Alcazaba.-Principal officers of Alcazaba's expedition.-Narrative of the expedition of Simon de Alcazaba by Alonso (Veedor) This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1911. Translation of the Libro del Conoscimiento de todos los reynos. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1912.
Book III (1543-44) of Cieza's 'Civil Wars of Peru', translated and edited. The additional documents continue the narrative to c. 1568. For other sections of the same source, in volumes variously titled, see Second Series 42 and 54. Contents: Contents: Introductory note.-The war of Quito / Pedro de Cieza de Leon (LIII chapters), with notes.-Letter from the Bishop of Cuzco to the King.-Indictment of the judges against the Viceroy. Sequel [by the editor]-Letter from Carbajal to Gonzalo Pizarro.-Gasca's voyage.-Murder of the Inca Manco narrated by his son.-Mission of Figueroa to the Inca.-Note on Molina.-Index This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1913.
This volume contains Spanish official documents, depositions by prisoners, documents relating to NuA+/-o da Silva, etc., translated and edited. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1914. Owing to technical constraints the contemporary engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake which appeared in the original edition of the book is not included.
Continued from Second Series 17. From the Rawlinson MS. A. 315 in the Bodleian Library. Continues in Second Series 45 and 46. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1914.
Continued from Second Series 32. Instructions, minutes, despatches, and other documents from Spanish and English archives, relating to exploration of the East Indies, translated into English and compiled, with notes and an introduction. Continued in Second Series 43 This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1915.
Composed in the form of letters and first published in 1698. This volume, edited with notes and an introduction, contains Letters V (continued) - Letter VIII. Continues Second Series 19 and 20. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1915.
This volume throws light on the medieval geography of Asia by compiling Ibn Battuta's travels in Bengal and China (circa 1347) and the travels of Benedict Goes from Agra to Cathay (1602-1607).
This forms part of the original Book II of Cieza's 'Civil Wars of Peru', translated and edited. For other sections of the same source, in volumes variously titled, see Second Series 31 and 54. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1918.
Continued from Second Series 32 and 36. Instructions, minutes, despatches, and other documents from Spanish and English archives, relating to exploration of the East Indies, translated into English and compiled, with notes and an introduction. With the memorial submitted by RodrA guez to the viceroy of Peru, 1788. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1919.
Continued from Second Series 17 and 35. Pagination of this and the following volume (Second Series 46) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1919.
Text written in the seventeenth century, translated and edited by Philip Ainsworth Means, with an Introduction by the late Sir Clements R. Markham. The translation is from the Spanish edition of Marcos Jimenez de la Espada, published Madrid, 1882. Also includes 'Eight chronological tables ... compiled by P. A. Means'; 'List of words in the names of kings and Incas ...' and 'Quichua words in Montesinos'. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1920.
Follows on from Second Series 50, with which the main pagination is continuous. The text, translated from the Catalan, covers 1285 to 1328. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1921.
Translated from the Evora MS. and edited, with a translation of the Act of Possession of Pedro Teixeira, 1639, and of contemporary references in Portuguese sources to the work of Father Fritz in the Upper Amazon. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1922. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce Fritz's Map of 1707 which was included in the first edition of the work.
The additional documents include Samuel Patterson's account of the wreck of the Eliza, 1808, the journal of the missionaries from the Hibernia, 1809, Captain Richard Siddon's experiences in Fiji in 1809-15, and extracts from periodical publications, 1804-15. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1925.
Translated from the Icelandic edition of Sigfus Bloendal and edited by the translator. The volume covers his life and travels, 1593-1622, in Iceland, England, Denmark, White Sea, Faroes, Spitzbergen, Norway. Continued, with new editors, in Second Series 68. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1923. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce Wije's View of Copenhagen in 1611 which appeared in the first edition of the work.
Book I of Cieza's chronicle, translated, with an introduction. For other sections of the same source, in volumes variously titled, see Second Series 31 and 42. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1923.
Journals, narratives, and descriptions relating to British colonization in the islands of St Christopher, Nevis, Barbados, Tobago and Trinidad, and in Guiana, the voyage of Sir Henry Coltand, and to Admiral de Ruyter's raid in the West Indies, 1664-5. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1925. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce the following maps at the end of the volume: "Map of the Caribee Islands"; "Map of Cuba, Jamaica, and S. Domingo"; "Map of the Rivers Amazon and Orinoco, Showing the Mythical Lake of Manoa and El Dorado". These maps appeared in the first edition of the work.
This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1925.
Part I. Diary of a Six Weeks' Tour in 1698 in Holland and Flanders. Part II. The Story of the Mary Galley, 1704-1710 This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1927. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce "Map 4: Charts of the Essex and Kentish Coasts about the Estuary of the Thames, drawn by Thomas Bowrey to illustrate his voyages in his yacht, the Duck, 1690-1701" which appeared in the first edition of the work.
Continued in Second Series 61. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1927.
Edited with introduction and notes. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1928.
Continued from Second Series 59. This is a the ebook edition of the volume first published in 1927.
The journals of William Beawes, Gaylard Roberts, Bartholomew Plaisted, and John Carmichael. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1929.
Spanish text, with English translation, of Prado's Relacion of the voyage begun in company with Quiros and Torres in 1607, together with a report of the Spanish Council of State concerning Quiros, 1618, and letters of Torres and Prado, 1607-13. Contents: New light on the discovery of Australia.-Note on Prado's Relacion.-Relacion de don Diego de Prado (Spanish and English)-Appendices: I. Report of Council of State with letter of Luis Vaez de Torres (Spanish and English) II. Mr. Barwick's translations of Prado's two letters sent from Goa in 1613. III. Mr. Barwick's translations of the legends on the four Prado maps. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1930. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce the "Facsimiles of the Four Prado Maps" which appeared in the first edition of the work. |
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