The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants (2 Vol Set)
Author:
BARBOSA, DUARTE & DAMES, MANSEL LONGWORTH (Trans)
Title:
The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants (2 Vol Set)
Publisher:
Hakluyt Society 1918-21
Description:
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece to vol 2 only, vol 1- lxxxv + 238pp + xxxix bibliography to rear, vol 2- xxxi + 286pp + xlii bibliography to rear, folding map to rear pocket of vol 1, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light scuffing and/or bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to spines & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
Keywords:
hakluyt society exploration Indian ocean geography history 16th sixteenth century ethnography travel first editions
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