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(MAGELLAN, STRAIT OF.) [Vargas y Ponce, Jose de.]
Relacion del último
viage al Estrecho de Magallanes.
4 (of 5) folding maps, frontispiece portrait of
Magellan, 5 folding tables. [6], xvi, 359; [4], 128 pages. 2 volumes including the separately
bound appendix. 4to, later unmatched calf, moderate wear; lacking the “Carta reducida del
estrecho de Magallanes, fragata de S.M. Santa María de la Cabeza” from the first volume,
otherwise a nice copy.
Madrid: Ibarra, 1788 and 1793
[1,200/1,800]
“
These voyages were made in order to ascertain the advisability of Spanish ships continuing to
use the passage of the Strait of Magellan in voyages to the Pacific. . . . After these expeditions,
the Spanish trade routes were exclusively to east coast ports and then overland to Pacific
ports”—Hill 1756. Palau 352514-5; Sabin 16765, 1729.
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(MARIANA ISLANDS.) Aranda,
Gabriel de.
Vida, y gloriosa muerte
del V. Padre Sebastian de Monroy,
religioso de la Compañía de Jesus,
que murió dilatando la fé alanceado
de los barbaros en las Islas Marianas.
2 plates. [20], 408, [12] pages. 4to,
contemporary vellum with early red
morocco label, moderate wear; recased,
endpapers renewed, minimal dampstain-
ing, edges tinted red.
Sevilla: López de Haro, 1690
[3,000/4,000]
An important early source on the Spanish
Jesuit mission at Guam, east of the
Philippines. Father Monroy was martyred in
1686, in retaliation for a Chamorro chief who
had been executed by the Spanish. Palau
14941. Provenance: Sotheby’s sale, Nov 15,
2007, lot 195; no other copies have been
traced at auction.