Libro XX de la segunda parte de la general historia de las Indias / escripta por el capitan Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes Alcayde de la fortaleza y puerto de Sancto Domingo d'la isla Española. Cronista d'su Magestad. Que trata del estrecho de Magallanes. [18--]

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Libro XX de la segunda parte de la general historia de las Indias / escripta por el capitan Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes Alcayde de la fortaleza y puerto de Sancto Domingo d'la isla Española. Cronista d'su Magestad. Que trata del estrecho de Magallanes. [18--]

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Nineteenth century manuscript copy of Book XX of Fernández de Oviedo's Historia general y natural de las Indias, first published separately by Francisco Fernández de Córdova in Valladolid in 1557, and containing an account of the discovery and explorations of the Strait of Magellan, the Philippines, and the Moluccas or Spice Islands.

164 p., 1 folded leaf of plates, bound : 1 coat of arms ; 27 cm.

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